full verb

English

Noun

full verb (plural 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.

Synonyms

(verb with its own meaning): lexical verb, main verb

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “verb with its own meaning”): auxiliary verb, helping verb, light verb

Hyponyms

linking verb

Translations

verb which has semantic meaning

Czech: plnovýznamové sloveso n
German: Vollverb (de) n

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