verbify

ver·bi·fy

V v

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [vur-buh-fahy]
- /ˈvɜr bəˌfaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [vur-buh-fahy]
- /ˈvɜr bəˌfaɪ/

Definitions of verbify word

verb with object verbify to change into or employ as a verb, as a noun. 1
verb transitive verbify verbalize (sense 4) 0

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Origin of verbify

First appearance:

before 1805

One of the 41% newest English words

First recorded in 1805-15; verb + -ify

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Parts of speech for Verbify

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Verbify

verbify popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for verbify

noun verbify

gerund — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
infinitive — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.

All 2 Synonyms of verbify