verb
/vɝb/ noun A2- A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. · The word “speak” is an English verb.
- An action as opposed to a trait or thing. · Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
- A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
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Studies palled just a wee bit then; the Queen’s class, left behind in school while the others scattered to green lanes and leafy wood cuts and meadow byways, looked wistfully out of the windows and discovered that Latin verbs and French exercises had somehow lost the tang and zest they had possessed in the crisp winter months.
The researchers subsequently asked the observers to estimate the speed of the vehicles involved, subtly altering the verbs used in the questioning.
Furthermore, the individuals exposed to the more intense verb were considerably more likely to falsely remember seeing shattered glass, even though none was present in the footage.
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