Dictionary
verb
Pronunciation: (vûrb), [key]—
n.
any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English by taking the past ending in
-ed, that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that (when inflected) may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
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