light verb

in grammar, a verb participating in complex predication
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light verb

Summary

light verb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • light verb's subclass of is recorded as verb[2].
  • light verb's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f1_sj[3].
  • light verb's ISOCAT ID is recorded as 3003[4].
  • light verb's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1235kq0x[5].
  • light verb's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781014113[6].
  • light verb's New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Czech ID is recorded as KATEGORI%C3%81LN%C3%8D%20SLOVESO[7].

Why It Matters

light verb ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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