finite verb

[ fahy-nahyt vurb ]

nounGrammar.
  1. a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, as well as mood or aspect: in She works from home, the verb works indicates a third-person singular subject (she), present tense, and indicative mood, the mood used for ordinary statements and questions about facts.: Compare infinitive (def. 1a).

Origin of finite verb

1
First recorded in 1785–95

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