main verb

Noun

Meaning

main verb (plural main verbs)

(grammar) The verb in a clause with the highest semantic content.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

full verb lexical verb

Antonyms

auxiliary verb helping verb

Examples

Unlike the current occupant of the White House, he has no difficulty in orally extemporising a series of grammatical English sentences, each containing a main verb. Boris Johnson

Close letter words and terms

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