adverb
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adverb
- /ˈæd.vɜːb/ UK
- /ˈæd.vɜɹb/ US
Rhymes with -ædvɜː(ɹ)b
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.
noun adverbs
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. manner adverb
- In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb adverbs · adverbing · adverbed
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To make into or become an adverb.
Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.
Similar: adverbialize
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noun lexical category
| Español | adverbio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부사 busa, 어찌씨 eojjissi |
| 日本語 | 副詞 fukushi |
| 中文 | 副詞 /副词 fùcí |
| हिन्दी | क्रियाविशेषण kriyāviśeṣaṇ |
| Kiswahili | kielezi, kisifa |
| Português | advérbio |
| Français | adverbe |
| Deutsch | Adverb, Umstandswort, Nebenwort, Zuwort, Adverbium, dated |
| Italiano | avverbio |
| Ελληνικά | επίρρημα epírrima |
| Română | adverb |
| Русский | наре́чие naréčije |
| Tiếng Việt | trạng từ, phó từ |
| العربية | ظَرْف ẓarf |
| עברית | תֹּאַר הַפֹּעַל tó'ar hapó'al |
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