verb phrase

English

Noun

Examples (linguistics)
Joe ran out the clock in the fourth quarter. Marcy was unable to win the lottery. The ice cream cones were being devoured as soon as they reached the children's hands.

Examples (grammar)
Joe ran out the clock in the fourth quarter. Marcy was unable to win the lottery. The ice cream cones were being devoured as soon as they reached the children's hands.

verb phrase (plural verb phrases)

1. (linguistics) A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
2. (grammar) A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.

Coordinate terms

• adjective phrase
• adverbial phrase
• conjunctional phrase
• interjectional phrase
• noun phrase
• phrasal noun
• phrasal preposition
• phrasal verb (not to be confused)
• pronominal phrase

Translations

Phrase that functions syntactically as a verb

• Catalan: sintagma verbal m
• Finnish: verbilauseke
• French: syntagme verbal (fr) m
• German: Verbalphrase (de) f
• Hungarian: igei csoport, igei kifejezés, igei szerkezet
• Indonesian: frasa verba
• Japanese: 動詞句 (どうしく, dōshi-ku)
• Khmer: កន្សោមកិរិយា (kɑnsaom ke’ri’yaa)
• Portuguese: sintagma verbal (pt) m
• Romanian: locuțiune verbală f
• Russian: глаго́льное словосочета́ние n (glagólʹnoje slovosočetánije)
• Spanish: sintagma verbal m
• Turkish: eylem öbeği
• Vietnamese: cụm động từ (vi)

Further reading

• verb phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia