Verb Definitions

Useful Words

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Active : فعل متعدی , Copula : رابط , Intransitive : فعل لازم , Clause : جملے کا جز , Verbify : فعل بنانا , Infinitive : مصدر , Modal : فعل معاون , Modal : نمائشی , Transitiveness : متعدیت , Past : فعل ماضی , Accusative : فعل کا , Present : فعل حال , Agent : فاعل , Locative : گرامر کا اصول , Ablative : وہ مفعول جو آلہ فعل کو ظاہر کرے , Affected Role : متاثر کن کردار , Finite : غیر مطلق , Participial : صفت فعلی , Police Headquarters : کسی مرکز یا صدر مقام کے طور پر کام آنے والی عمارت , Staff Sergeant : بری فوج کا ایک کمیشنڈ افسر جو سارجنٹ سے بڑا ہوتا ھے , Be : ہے , Sentential : جملے سے متعلق , Accordingly : اس لئے , Collocation : ترتیب الفاظ , Condemn : سزا دینا , In Truth : حقیقت میں , Interrogation Point : سوالیہ نشان , Topic Sentence : تلخیصی جملہ , Actually : دراصل , And So : پھر , Interrogation : سوالیہ جملہ

Useful Words Definitions

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Active: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb.

Copula: an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.

Intransitive: a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object.

Clause: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence.

Verbify: make into a verb.

Infinitive: the uninflected form of the verb.

Modal: an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality.

Modal: relating to or expressing the mood of a verb.

Transitiveness: the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb.

Past: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.

Accusative: serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes.

Present: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking.

Agent: the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.

Locative: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb.

Ablative: the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb.

Affected Role: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause.

Finite: of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person.

Participial: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.

Police Headquarters: a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought.

Staff Sergeant: a noncommissioned officer ranking above corporal and below sergeant first class in the Army or Marines or above airman 1st class in the Air Force.

Be: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).

Sentential: of or relating to a sentence.

Accordingly: (sentence connectors) because of the reason given.

Collocation: a grouping of words in a sentence.

Condemn: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.

In Truth: in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).

Interrogation Point: a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.

Topic Sentence: a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph.

Actually: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis.

And So: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors).

Interrogation: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply.