main verb

noun

a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in We have spoken.

How does main verb compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

But here the main verb is heard, whereas, according to his explanation, grammar would require hear.

An indirect statement is joined to the main verb or sentence by the subordinating conjunction ke, that.

By the auxiliary form, either inflected or impersonal, with the infinitive or a participle of the main verb.

Don't waste the main verb of the sentence on a minor action while expressing the principal action in a subordinate clause.

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