finite verb

American  

[fahy-nahyt vurb] / ˈfaɪ naɪt ˌvɜrb /

noun

Grammar.

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.

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Etymology

Origin of finite verb

First recorded in 1785–95

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Example Sentences

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finite verb

The subject of a finite verb is that which answers to who or what before it; as, "The boy runs."—Who runs?

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

No matter how short, it must contain one finite verb and a subject or agent to direct the action of the verb.

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin

Without a finite verb we cannot affirm anything or convey an idea, therefore we can have no sentence.

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin

Using these as auxiliaries the finite verb makes a whole series of periphrastic tenses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

But, according to Rule 2d, "A noun or a pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

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