adverb
Syllables: ad·verbUK/ˈæd.vɜːb//ˈæd.vɜɹb/
adverb noun: a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
Noun
adverb (plural adverbs, abbreviation adv.)
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- manner adverb
- 322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.1844, E. A. Andrews, First Lessions in Latin; or Introduction to Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, 6th edition, Boston, page 91
- In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
Verb
adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed)
- To make into or become an adverb.
- Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.1973, Indian Linguistics, volume 34, page 241
- Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described.1998, English linguistics
- Synonyms:
- adverbialize
adverb meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
adverb in Hindi
- lexical category
- क्रियाविशेषण kriyāviśeṣaṇ
adverb in Tamil
- lexical category
- வினையுரிச்சொல் viṉaiyuriccol
adverb in Marathi
- lexical category
- क्रियाविषेशण kriyāviṣeśaṇ
adverb in Urdu
- lexical category
- مُتَعَلِّقِ فِعْل muta'alliq-i fi'l, تابِعِ فِعْل tābi'-i fi'l
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- adverb in Bengali
- ক্রিয়া-বিশেষণ kriẏa-biśeśon
- adverb in Telugu
- క్రియా విశేషణము kriyā viśēṣaṇamu
- adverb in Malayalam
- ക്രിയാവിശേഷണം kriyāviśēṣaṇaṁ
- adverb in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಯಾವಿಶೇಷಣ kriyāviśēṣaṇa
- adverb in Punjabi
- ਕਿਰਿਆ-ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ kiriā-viśeśaṇ
- adverb in Gujarati
- ક્રિયાવિશેષણ kriyāviśeṣaṇ
- adverb in Odia
- କ୍ରିୟା ବିଶେଷଣ kriyā biśeṣaṇa
- adverb in Sanskrit
- क्रियाविशेषण kriyāviśeṣaṇa
- adverb in Sinhala
- ක්රියා විශේෂණය kriyā wiśēṣaṇaya
- adverb in Pashto
- قيد qayd
- adverb in Tagalog
- pang-abay
- adverb in Arabic
- ظَرْف ẓarf
- adverb in Malay
- adverba
- adverb in Indonesian
- adverbia
- adverb in Thai
- กริยาวิเศษณ์ grì-yaa-wí-sèet, วิเศษณ์ wí-sèet
- adverb in Vietnamese
- trạng từ, phó từ
- adverb in Myanmar
- ကြိယာဝိသေသန kri.yawi.sesa.na.
Examples of adverb in a sentence
- ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing.2005, John Barth, The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories, page 8:
Synonyms of adverb
Forms of adverb
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | adverbs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | adverbs |
| present participle | adverbing |
| past participle | adverbed |
| past | adverbed |
Origin of adverb
Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.
Words formed from adverb
Phrases with adverb
Questions about adverb
- What does adverb mean?
- Adverb means a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- What is adverb in Hindi?
- Adverb in Hindi is क्रियाविशेषण (kriyāviśeṣaṇ). See Adverb meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use adverb in a sentence?
- ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.
- What part of speech is adverb?
- Adverb can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce adverb?
- Adverb is pronounced /ˈæd.vɜːb/ (UK).
- What is the plural of adverb?
- The plural of adverb is adverbs.
Words near adverb in the dictionary
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