Verb Phrase

Definition: Verb Phrase

Verb Phrase

Noun

1. (linguistics) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.

Synonym: Verb Phrase

Synonym: predicate (n). (additional references)

A verb phrase is a phrase whose head is a verb. A verb phrase consists of a verb, often one or two complements, and any number of adjuncts.

Examples:

saw the man through the window
gave Mary a book

See also: linguistics, syntax, X-bar theory

Crosswords: Verb Phrase

English words defined with "verb phrase": noun phrase ♦ To let be. (references)

Specialty definitions using "verb phrase": Dodge About. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A morphosyntactic study of the English verb phrase (reference) Syntactic developments in the verb phrase of Ecuadorian Quechua (reference) Syntax and Semantics of the English Verb Phrase (Junua Linguarum Series Practica : No 112) (reference) Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-h-p-r-r-s-v"
	-2 letters: behavers, preavers, rephrase, reshaper.
	-3 letters: bearers, beavers, behaver, behaves, brasher, bravers, harpers, hearers, heavers, preaver, reapers, reavers, rehears, repaves, reshape, reshave, reverbs, sharper, shearer, spearer.
	-4 letters: averse, barres, basher, bearer, beaver, behave, braver, braves, breves, eraser, haeres, harper, havers, hearer, hearse, heaver, heaves, herpes, parers, pareve, parser, pavers, phrase, rapers, raphes, rasher, rasper, ravers, reaper, reaver, reaves, rebars, rehabs, rehear, repave, reverb, revers, searer, serape, seraph, server, shaper, sharer, shaver, sheave, sherpa, spahee, sparer, sphere, verser, vesper.
	-5 letters: apers, apres, asper, avers, barer, bares, barre, baser, bears, beeps, beers, braes, brash, brave, brees, breve, eaves, ephas, erase, hares, harps, haver, haves, heaps, hears, heave, hebes, herbs, heres, parer, pares, parrs, parse, parve, paver, paves, pears, pease, peers, perea, perse, phase, prase, prees, presa, prese, raper, rapes, raphe, rares, raser, raver, raves, reaps, rears, reave, rebar, rehab, rheas, saber, sabre, saree, saver, serer, serve, sever, shape, share, sharp, shave, shear, sheep, sheer, spare, spear, speer, spree, veeps, veers, verbs, verse.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.