full verb

English

Noun

full verb (plural full verbs)

1. A verb with its own meaning: a verb that is not an auxiliary verb.

   In "They have it", have is a full verb, but in "They have done it", it's an auxiliary verb.

Synonyms

• (verb with its own meaning): lexical verb, main verb

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "verb with its own meaning"): auxiliary verb, helping verb, light verb

Hyponyms

• linking verb

Translations

verb which has semantic meaning

• Czech: plnovýznamové sloveso n
• German: Vollverb (de) n