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control verbs

control verbs is the plural of control verb.

Meaning of control verb

Noun

control verb (plural control verbs)

  1. A verb which takes multiple arguments, one of which is another verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (possibly its subject) is syntactically both an argument of the control verb and an argument of the other verb.

Questions about control verbs

What is control verbs the plural of?
Control verbs is the plural of control verb.

Words near control verbs in the dictionary

  1. control unit
  2. control units
  3. control variable
  4. control variables
  5. control verb
  6. control verbs
  7. control wheel
  8. control wheels
  9. control-F
  10. control-flow graph
  11. control-flow graphs

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