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verb phrase

verb phrase noun: a construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.

Noun

verb phrase (plural verb phrases)

  1. A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
  2. A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.

verb phrase meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Vietnamese

verb phrase in Tamil

வினைத்தொடர் மொழி

verb phrase in Indonesian

Phrase that functions syntactically as a verb
frasa verba

verb phrase in Vietnamese

Phrase that functions syntactically as a verb
cụm động từ

Forms of verb phrase

pluralverb phrases

Questions about verb phrase

What does verb phrase mean?
Verb phrase means a construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
What is verb phrase in Tamil?
Verb phrase in Tamil is வினைத்தொடர் மொழி. See Verb phrase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is verb phrase?
Verb phrase is a noun.
What is the plural of verb phrase?
The plural of verb phrase is verb phrases.

Words near verb phrase in the dictionary

  1. verazine
  2. verb
  3. verb form
  4. verb forms
  5. verb of motion
  6. verb phrase
  7. verb phrases
  8. verb-framed
  9. verb-framing
  10. verb-object
  11. verb-objects

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