a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.Intransitive verb
a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
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Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.Not passing farther; kept; detained.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.Having the power of making a transit, or passage.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.a verb (or verb construction) that requires an object in order to be grammatical
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.A word; a vocable.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases, Agreement and reference.Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases.A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; pap…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Parts of speech, Clauses and phrases.Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases.A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases.a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases.Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases.a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adje…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases.Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
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Producing accusations; accusatory.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.Causing; causative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: verb, construction, take, object.Explore Academic Dictionary
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