full verb

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full verb

noun full verbs

A verb with its own meaning: a verb that is not an auxiliary verb. In "They have it", have is a full verb, but in "They have done it", it's an auxiliary verb.
Similar: lexical verb, main verb

Opposite: auxiliary verb, helping verb, light verb

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Opposite: auxiliary verb, helping verb, light verb

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noun verb which has semantic meaning

Deutsch	Vollverb
Italiano	verbo pieno, verbo comune, verbo principale

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@misc{full_verb_2026,
  title = {full verb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/full%20verb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}