Adverb

//ˈæd.vɜːb// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.

    "322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections."

  2. 2
    the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses wordnet
  3. 3
    In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
  4. 4
    a word that modifies something other than a noun wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make into or become an adverb. rare

    "Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb."

Synonyms

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adjectivaladjectiveadverbialadverbializeadverbializeadversative conjunction

Example

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"In English there are eight main parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and finally interjection."

Etymology

From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”), so called because it is used to supplement other words. By surface analysis, ad- + verb.

Related phrases

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