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Definition: Verve |
VerveNoun1. An energetic style. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "verve" was first used: 1697. (references) |
Etymology: Verve \Verve\, noun. [French expression]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: VerveSynonym: vitality (n). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Verve."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Feeling | Warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism; excitation of feeling; fullness of the heart; (disposition); passion; (state of excitability); ecstasy; (pleasure). |
Imagination | Noun: imagination; originality; invention; fancy; inspiration; verve. |
Vigor | Noun: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness; Adjective: intellectual, force; spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Verve |
| Non-English Usage: "Verve" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (verve, vivacity), French (raciness, verve, vivacity), German (verve, vivacity), Italian (verve), Norwegian (enlist), Portuguese (verve, vivacity). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Song Titles | Bitter Sweet Symphony (performing artist: The Verve) The Freshmen (performing artist: The Verve Pipe) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Verve" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.18% of the time. "Verve" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.18% | 68 | 40,606 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.26% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.56% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 78 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
verve | 687 |
verve pipe | 280 |
lyrics pipe verve | 136 |
lyrics verve | 85 |
verve record | 60 |
freshman lyrics pipe verve | 57 |
freshman pipe verve | 46 |
bitter sweet symphony the verve | 20 |
the verve | 18 |
pipe tab verve | 16 |
group music verve | 13 |
tab verve | 11 |
magazine verve | 9 |
discography verve | 8 |
guitar pipe tab verve | 8 |
bittersweet lyrics symphony verve | 8 |
bittersweet mp3 symphony verve | 8 |
freshman lyrics verve | 8 |
remixed verve | 7 |
colorful pipe verve | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "verve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zest, zip), gjallëri (activity, alacrity, alertness, animation, brio, briskness, dynamism, ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, sprightliness, verdure, vitality, vivacity, volatility, zest), entuziazëm (ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, fervour, flight, rage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), замах (dash, panache, snap, swing, swish, swoop), ентусиазъм (enthusiasm, warmth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 活力 (PEP). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | verva (gusto, pep, vigor, vigour, vim), zápal (enthusiasm, fervor, fervour, heat, zeal), elán (Ardor, ardour, bounce, buoyancy, drive, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, guts, high spirits, pep, spirit, vim, vivacity, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spirit (energy, vivacity), sappigheid (vivacity), pittigheid (vivacity), gloed (glow, heat, passion, vivacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | vervo (vivacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حرارت (Ardor, Fire, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Vehemence, Warmth, Zeal), سبک روحی , زنده دلی (Activity), ذوق (Goo, Gusto, Penchant, Relish, Taste, Zeal), استعداد (Amplitude, Aptitude, Aptness, Art, Brilliance, Caliber, Capacity, Genius, Gift, Ingenuity, Knack, Liability, Property, Shift, Tendency, Turquoise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | innostus (alacrity, enthusiasm, interest, vivacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | verve, brio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwung (accent, batch, bounce, brandished, bunch, buoyancy, crop, dash, downgrade speed increase, emphasis, energy, flourish, ginger, go, gusto, impetus, leap, momentum, motion, oomph, panache, pep, pile, raciness, snap, spirit, sweep, swing, vivacity, zap, zest, zip), Elan (buoyancy, dash, elan, panache, pep, spirit, vigor, vigour, vim, vims, zest), Verve (vivacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλλιτεχνικόσ οίστροσ, ζωηρότησ (briskness, buoyancy, crispness, friskiness, gayness, jauntiness, liveliness, luridness, pep, peppiness, perkiness, raciness, rompishness, snappiness, spiciness, spiritedness, sprightliness, spryness, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity, vividness), ζωηρότητα (activeness, animation, briskness, buoyancy, crispness, friskiness, gayness, jauntiness, liveliness, luridness, raciness, rompishness, snappiness, spiciness, spiritedness, sprightliness, spryness, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity, vivccity, vividness), οίστροσ (inspiration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מרץ (drive, energy, force, liveliness, nerve, rigour, sap, sinew, snap, spirit, steam, strength, vigour, vim), ל"ט (ardour, blaze, fervency, fervor, flame, glow, heat, incandescence, zeal), חיות (life, sap, spirit, vitality, vivacity, zip), "תל"בות (eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, gusto, incandescence, inspiration, zeal, zest), "שרא" (infusion, inspiration, intuition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lelkesedés (ardor, ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, exaltation, high spirits, infatuation, rave, warmth, zeal, zest), hév (ardor, ardour, elan, fire, heat, pathos, stingo, vehemence, warmth, zeal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | semangat (courage, elan, esprit, flush, genie, gusto, mercury, pep, spirit, zeal, zest), kecergasan (activity, dash, vim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vigore (effectiveness, flush, force, forcefulness, greenness, manhood, pep, puissance, punch, sap, soundness, spirit, stamina, strength, strenuousness, sturdiness, trenchancy, vigor, vigour), verve, energia (activity, DG XVII, dynamism, energy, kick, nerve, pep, power, push, R&DT, spirit, vim), brio (liveliness, spirit, vivacity, wit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "気 (animation, life, spirit, vigor, vitality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいき (animation, century, Christian era, consciousness, era, essence, established, formal, genital, happen, legal, legitimate, life, life energy, occurrence, prosperous period, regular, sanity, soberness, spirit, take place, true character, true heart, true spirit, vigor, vitality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ervevay verve (vivacity). (various references) vervã (gusto, zest). (various references) сила изображения, вдохновение (afflatus, illumination, inspiration), живость и яркость, пыл (ardor, ardors, ardour, eagerness, elan, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, glow, metal, mettle, spunk). (various references) polet (panache, pep, upswing, zest, zip), oduševljenje (ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, kindling, spirit), elan (dash, elan, enthusiasm, panache). (various references) empuje (boost, buoyancy, compression, drive, efflux, forward thrust, ginger, go, hustle, jet, jet stream, oppressiveness, pressure, printing, push, pushing, push-towing, rocket propulsion, shove, thrust, uplift, vim), brío (dash, fight, mettle, pride, spirit, zest). (various references) fart (clip, energy, force, ginger, go, going, impetus, jazz, lick, pace, pep, push, snap, speed, start, swing, trade, velocity, zing, zip). (various references) enerji (drive, energy, guts, kick, pep, pith, power, snap, steam, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar), canlılık (alacrity, animation, bounce, brightness, brio, buoyancy, color, colour, crispness, dynamics, elan, exhilaration, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, perkiness, quickness, raciness, richness, saturation, spiritedness, sprightliness, stamina, stir, vivacity, vividness), şevk (animation, ardour, desire, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, fervour, glow, mettle, spirit, spiritedness). (various references) здібність (ability, aptitude, aptness, brightness, bump, capability, cleverness, faculty, felicity, talent, turn), жвавість (agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, liveliness, mercuriality, nimbleness, oomph, quickness, sparkle, starch, tightness, vigor, vigour, vivacity). (various references) sự hăng hái (ardour, burning, enthusiasm, fire, impassionedness, keenness, mustard, snap, spirit), nhiệt tình (animation, burning, devoted, devotedly, devout, fire, impassionedness, mettle, mettled, mettlesome, spirit, warm), mãnh lực. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | verba. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | verve. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "verve": verves, vervet, vervets. (additional references) | |
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"Verve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Berve, erve, perve, rerve, terve, varve, vav, vave, veev, velve, verae, verbe, Verbeek, verbex, verce, verde, vere, verez, verie, verje, verle, verme, verpe, verre, verte, verv, vervain, Verveer, vev, veve, Vevey, vieve, virve, virvle, werve, zerve. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "verve" (pronounced ver"v) |
| 2 | -er" v | conserve, curve, deserve, nerve, observe, oeuvre, preserve, reserve, serve, swerve, unnerve. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-r-v-v" | |
-1 letter: ever, veer. | |
-2 letters: ere, eve, ree, rev, vee. | |
-3 letters: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-r-v-v" | |
+1 letter: revive, revved, verves, vervet. | |
+2 letters: evolver, revived, reviver, revives, revolve, vervets, vetiver. | |
+3 letters: aversive, evolvers, overlive, overlove, oversave, overview, overvote, revivers, revolved, revolver, revolves, velveret, vetivers, vetivert. | |
+4 letters: inversive, overdrive, overdrove, overlived, overlives, overloved, overloves, oversaved, oversaves, overvalue, overviews, overvoted, overvotes, pervasive, revivable, revolvers, revulsive, velverets, vetiverts, voiceover. | |
+5 letters: aversively, derivative, overactive, overdriven, overdrives, overgovern, overvalued, overvalues, perversive, preventive, renovative, revivified, revivifies, revolvable, subversive, vivandiere, voiceovers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5671848871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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