main verb

English

Noun

Examples
  • I am going to Italy on holiday.
  • Who would have believed it?
  • I was listening to the radio while I was having a bath. (sense 2)

main verb (plural main verbs)

  1. (grammar) In a clause, the verb with the highest semantic content, contrasted with auxiliary verb.
  2. (grammar) In a sentence, the main-clause verb with the highest semantic content.

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Translations

verb in a clause with the highest semantic content
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