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light verbs

light verbs is the plural of light verb.

Meaning of light verb

Noun

light verb (plural light verbs)

  1. A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.
    Synonyms:
    vector verb, delexical verb, explicator verb, thin verb, empty verb

Questions about light verbs

What is light verbs the plural of?
Light verbs is the plural of light verb.

Words near light verbs in the dictionary

  1. light up the tote
  2. light upon
  3. light vehicle
  4. light vehicles
  5. light verb
  6. light verbs
  7. light water
  8. light water reactor
  9. light water reactors
  10. light waterline
  11. light waterlines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: light verbs (page history and authors); light verb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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