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nonverbs

nonverbs is the plural of nonverb.

Meaning of nonverb

Noun

nonverb (plural nonverbs)

  1. A word that is not a verb.
    • Where no ambiguity has resulted, the terms (i.e., "verb," "nonverb," "noun," "adjective," etc.) applied to these classes have been used to refer to forms consisting of anything from a stem (single, nonaffix morpheme) to a sequence of several morphemes, whether or not the form in question...1960, Alfred Louis Kroeber, George William Grace, The Sparkman Grammar of Luiseño, University of California Press, page 57

Questions about nonverbs

What is nonverbs the plural of?
Nonverbs is the plural of nonverb.

Words near nonverbs in the dictionary

  1. nonverbally
  2. nonverbalness
  3. nonverbals
  4. nonverbatim
  5. nonverbose
  6. nonverbs
  7. nonverdict
  8. nonverdicts
  9. nonveridical
  10. nonveridicality
  11. nonveridically

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