adverb

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12
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14
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6
Pronunciation
/ˈæd.vɜːb/
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/ˈæd.vɜːb/ · /ˈæd.vɜɹb/ · /əɖˈʋɜb/

Definition of adverb

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (rare)To make into or become an adverb.
    “Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.”
    “Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described.”
    “Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing.”
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verb

  1. (rare)To make into or become an adverb.
    “Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.”
    “Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described.”
    “Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing.”

noun

  1. (abbreviation, adverb)A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
    “manner adverb”
    “322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.”
    “‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.”
  2. (abbreviation, adverb)In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verb(um) (“word, verb”) + -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- + verb.

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