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Sign in to saveA verb is a word that generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. In English, three tenses exist: present, to indicate that an action is being carried out; past, to indicate that an action has
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A verb is a word that expresses an action (like "run" or "read"), an occurrence (like "happen"), or a state of being (like "exist"). Verbs matter because they are essential to forming meaningful sentences—they convey what is happening, has happened, or the condition of things, and in many languages they change form to show when something occurred and other important details about the action or state.
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- Agreement
- Types
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ditransitive verbs
- Double transitive verbs
- Copular verbs
- Valency
- Impersonal and objective verbs
- Valency marking
- Tense, aspect, and modality
- Tense
- Aspect
- Mood and modality
- Voice
- Non-finite forms
- See also
- Verbs in various languages
- Grammar
- Other
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
A verb is a word that generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive. In many languages, verbs are inflected (modified in form) to encode tense, aspect, mood, and voice. A verb may also agree with the person, gender or number of some of its arguments, such as its subject, or object. In English, three tenses exist: present, to indicate that an action is being carried out; past, to indicate that an action has been done; and future, to indicate that an action will be done, expressed with the auxiliary verb will or shall.
For example: Lucy will go to school. (action, future) Barack Obama became the President of the United States in 2009. (occurrence, past) Mike Trout is a center fielder. (state of being, present)