Verb phrase
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
- 2 one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements wordnet
- 3 A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.