n. Gram. a word used to indicate an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence (e.g. hear, become, happen).
[ ME f. OF verbe or L verbum word, verb ]
n. Gram. a word used to indicate an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence (e.g. hear, become, happen).
[ ME f. OF verbe or L verbum word, verb ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012