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VERB PHRASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does verb phrase mean?
• VERB PHRASE (noun)
The noun VERB PHRASE has 1 sense:
1. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Familiarity information: VERB PHRASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
predicate; verb phrase
Hypernyms ("verb phrase" is a kind of...):
phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)
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