verb

verbo

Parola che esprime un’azione, un evento o uno stato, come mangiare, accadere o essere.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Espressioni comuni: an irregular verb, verb tense, a main verb

azione

Qualcosa inteso come un’azione da compiere, anziché soltanto un’idea o una qualità.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: action

Espressioni comuni: love as a verb, a verb of action

verbalizzare

Usare una parola, soprattutto un nome, come verbo per esprimere un’azione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: verbalize

Espressioni comuni: verb a noun, verb a word