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main verb

main verb noun: in a clause, the verb with the highest semantic content, contrasted with auxiliary verb.

Noun

main verb (plural main verbs)

  1. In a clause, the verb with the highest semantic content, contrasted with auxiliary verb.
  2. In a sentence, the main-clause verb with the highest semantic content.

main verb meaning in Tamil

main verb in Tamil

முதன்மைவினை

Synonyms of main verb

Antonyms

Forms of main verb

pluralmain verbs

Questions about main verb

What does main verb mean?
Main verb means in a clause, the verb with the highest semantic content, contrasted with auxiliary verb.
What is main verb in Tamil?
Main verb in Tamil is முதன்மைவினை. See Main verb meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is main verb?
Main verb is a noun.
What is the plural of main verb?
The plural of main verb is main verbs.

Words near main verb in the dictionary

  1. main stream
  2. main streams
  3. main street
  4. main streets
  5. main thing
  6. main verb
  7. main verbs
  8. main wheel
  9. main wheels
  10. main yard
  11. main-belt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: main verb (page history and authors); main verb (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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