verb
A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
Example
“The word “speak” is an English verb.”
Other meanings
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.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "verbe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “verb” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.