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verb

class of words that semantically convey actions, processes, or states, and syntactically serve as the central element of the sentence predicate
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verb

Summary

verb is a part of speech[1]. verb draws 1,731 Wikipedia views per month (part_of_speech category, ranking #5 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • verb's instance of is recorded as part of speech[3].
  • verb is a type of word[4].
  • verb is a type of content word[5].
  • verb is part of word order[6].
  • verb's Commons category is recorded as Verbs[7].
  • verb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Verbs[8].
  • verb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Verbs[9].
  • verb's represents is recorded as occurrence[10].
  • verb's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • verb's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • verb's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • verb's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • verb's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • verb's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • verb's partially coincident with is recorded as copula[17].
  • verb's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/verbs[18].
  • verb's has characteristic is recorded as transitivity[19].
  • verb's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#Verb[20].
  • verb's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#Verb[21].
  • verb's different from is recorded as process[22].
  • verb's properties for this type is recorded as P5401[23].
  • verb's has list is recorded as list of Wikimedia categories for verbs[24].
  • verb's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#verb[25].
  • verb's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#verb[26].
  • verb's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27].

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Definition and Type

verb's instance of is recorded as part of speech[3]. Recorded subclass of include word[4] and content word[5].

Use and Application

verb is part of word order[6].

Why It Matters

verb draws 1,731 Wikipedia views per month (part_of_speech category, ranking #5 of 36).[2] verb has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] verb is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → verb
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: verb, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966756|verb (#289966756)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003837-slovesa
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003837-slovesa, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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