verb phrase

collocation in English

meaningsofverbandphrase

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verb
noun[C]
uk
/vɜːb/us
/vɝːb/
a word or phrase that describes an action, condition, ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk
/freɪz/us
/freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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(Definition ofverbandphrasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofverb phrase

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The former inter pretation would suggest that children were producing a lexical form and the latter, averbphrase.
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The particle (-e) in this case is a connector that is required for theverbphrase.
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One tests the effect of additional material within theverbphrase, (i); the other tests intervening material between the matrix and complement clause, (ii).
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Specifically, the subject referent is such that it facilitates the potential unfolding of the process designated by theverbphrase.
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Specifically, she investigates a syntactic variable which involves repetition or not of object clitics within a finiteverbphrase.
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Copula can modify averbphraseonly if the value of the feature (head copula) is allowed.
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Theverbphrasemeet him is, hence, a sign of type hd-comp-phr.
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The second kind consists of averbphrasefollowed by a noun phrase.
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The subject of a clause is merged with theverbphraseor it is merged with the auxiliary phrase. 1c.
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Averbphraseis a group of words the head of which is a verb, accompanied by adverbs, auxiliaries, and complements.
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There are some constraints on adding copula to averbphrase, depending on the type of the latter.
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Another large category of error was simplification of the sentence structure by omission of a verb orverbphrase, or an entire clause.
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Why should we be so worried about theverbphrase?
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For this purpose, it would be necessary to analyze the wholeverbphraseto gain information about agreement features.
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There is no noun phrase orverbphraseor even sentence.
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