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A two-word verb, consisting of a verb and a "small" adverb or particle, that has an idiomatic meaning not easily predictable from the individual parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- In 'The police told the driver to pull over', 'pull over' is a phrasal verb.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A phrase, consisting of a verb with a preposition and/or adverb, that has idiomatic meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: more loosely
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
an English verb followed by one or more particles where the combination behaves as a syntactic and semantic unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `turn out' is a phrasal verb in the question `how many turned out to vote?'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: verb
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
locució verbal
— idiomatic phrase
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Chinese Mandarin:
短語動詞 /短语动词
(duǎnyǔ dòngcí)
— idiomatic phrase
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Crimean Tatar:
mürekkep fiil
— idiomatic phrase
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Czech:
frázové sloveso
— idiomatic phrase
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Finnish:
partikkeliverbi
— idiomatic phrase
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French:
verbe à particule
— idiomatic phrase
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French:
phrasal verb
— idiomatic phrase
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Georgian:
ფრაზული ზმნა
(prazuli zmna)
— idiomatic phrase
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Georgian:
მრავალწევრიანი ზმნა
(mravalc̣evriani zmna)
— idiomatic phrase
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Georgian:
მრავალნაწილიანი ზმნა
(mravalnac̣iliani zmna)
— idiomatic phrase
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German:
mehrgliedriges Verb
— idiomatic phrase
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Greek:
περιφραστικό ρήμα
(perifrastikó ríma)
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
vonzatos ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
többszavas ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
többrészes ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
összetett ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
igekötős ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
igei szókapcsolat
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
határozós vagy elöljárós ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Hungarian:
frazális ige
— idiomatic phrase
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Italian:
verbo frasale
— idiomatic phrase
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Italian:
verbo seguito da preposizione o avverbio
— idiomatic phrase
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Japanese:
句動詞
(kudōshi)
— idiomatic phrase
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Japanese:
不変化詞動詞
(fuhenkashi dōshi)
— idiomatic phrase
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Khmer:
កិរិយាកន្សោម
(ke’ri’yaa kɑnsaom)
— idiomatic phrase
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Mongolian:
хэлц үйл үг
(xelc üjl üg)
— idiomatic phrase
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Occitan:
locucion verbala
— idiomatic phrase
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Polish:
czasownik frazowy
— idiomatic phrase
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Portuguese:
locução verbal
— idiomatic phrase
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Portuguese:
verbo frasal
— idiomatic phrase
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Romanian:
locuțiune verbală
— idiomatic phrase
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Russian:
фра́зовый глаго́л
(frázovyj glagól)
— idiomatic phrase
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Spanish:
locución verbal
— idiomatic phrase
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Swedish:
partikelverb
— idiomatic phrase
