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middle verbs

middle verbs is the plural of middle verb.

Meaning of middle verb

Noun

middle verb (plural middle verbs)

  1. A verb which expresses an action when used transitively and a state when used intransitively.
    • Formation of the middle verbs mentioned above illustrates that derivational processes are used to create specific subclasses of verbs. Middle verbs in English are intransitive verbs, whereas their base verbs are transitive, that is, require a direct object to be present. Middle verb formation is...2005, Geert Booij, The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60

Questions about middle verbs

What is middle verbs the plural of?
Middle verbs is the plural of middle verb.

Words near middle verbs in the dictionary

  1. middle tildes
  2. middle toe
  3. middle toes
  4. Middle Township
  5. middle verb
  6. middle verbs
  7. Middle Village
  8. middle voice
  9. Middle Wallop
  10. middle watch
  11. middle watcher

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