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

Example Sentences

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 Brown, Goold

The Infinitive Mood is governed in general by the preposition TO, which commonly connects it to a finite verb.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The absolute time of the action of a participle, therefore, is determined entirely by the finite verb with which it is connected.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)