How many syllables in verb?

There is 1 syllable in the word verb.

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Definition of verb:

verb (noun):: the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence.; a word that characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for agreement with the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect, and that typically has rather full descriptive meaning and characterizing quality but is sometimes nearly devoid of these especially when used as an auxiliary or linking verb

Synonyms for verb:

auxiliary verb

infinitive

intransitive

intransitive verb

intransitive verb form

major form class

participial

participle

phrasal verb

transitive

transitive verb

transitive verb form

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