verb

verbe

Mot qui exprime une action, un événement ou un état, comme manger, arriver ou être.

En anglais simple : A word that describes an action, event, or state, such as eat, happen, or be.

• Find the verb in this sentence.
• Some verbs have irregular past forms.
• Which verb describes what the boy is doing?

Expressions courantes : an irregular verb, verb tense, a main verb

action

Quelque chose envisagé comme une action à accomplir plutôt que comme une simple idée ou qualité.

En anglais simple : Something understood as an action you perform, rather than just an idea or quality.

• For her, love is a verb: she shows it by helping.
• Treat kindness as a verb and do something useful today.
• He calls friendship a verb because it requires action.

Synonymes : action

Expressions courantes : love as a verb, a verb of action

verbaliser

Employer un mot, notamment un nom, comme verbe pour exprimer une action.

En anglais simple : To use a word, especially a noun, as a word describing an action.

• Writers sometimes verb a noun for fun.
• She verbed the word to make her sentence shorter.
• English speakers have been verbing nouns for centuries.

Synonymes : verbalize

Expressions courantes : verb a noun, verb a word