English
Noun
| Examples (linguistics)
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- Joe ran out the clock in the fourth quarter.
- Marcy was unable to win the lottery.
- The ice cream cones were being devoured as soon as they reached the children's hands.
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| Examples (grammar)
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- Joe ran out the clock in the fourth quarter.
- Marcy was unable to win the lottery.
- The ice cream cones were being devoured as soon as they reached the children's hands.
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verb phrase (plural verb phrases)
- (linguistics) A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
- (grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Phrase that functions syntactically as a verb
- Catalan: sintagma verbal m
- Finnish: verbilauseke
- French: syntagme verbal (fr) m
- German: Verbalphrase (de) f
- Hungarian: igei csoport, igei kifejezés, igei szerkezet
- Indonesian: frasa verba
- Japanese: 動詞句 (どうしく, dōshi-ku)
- Khmer: កន្សោមកិរិយា (kɑnsaom ke’ri’yaa)
- Polish: fraza werbalna f, fraza czasownikowa f, grupa werbalna (pl) f, grupa czasownikowa f
- Portuguese: sintagma verbal (pt) m
- Romanian: locuțiune verbală f
- Russian: глаго́льное словосочета́ние n (glagólʹnoje slovosočetánije)
- Spanish: sintagma verbal m, frase verbal f, frase verbal f
- Turkish: eylem öbeği
- Vietnamese: cụm động từ (vi)
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