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Verb phrase Meaning

Verb phrase Definition
Verb phrase Definition

What's The Definition Of Verb phrase?

verb phrase
countable noun: A verb phrase or verbal phrase consists of a verb, or of a main verb following a modal or one or more auxiliaries. Examples are ' walked,' 'can see,' and 'had been waiting.'

verb phrase in American English
noun: a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence

verb phrase in British English
noun: a constituent of a sentence that contains the verb and any direct and indirect objects but not the subject. It is a controversial question in grammatical theory whether or not this constituent is to be identified with the predicate of the sentence

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