"action verb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: action verbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} action verb (plural action verbs)
  1. A word that expresses action and tells what the subject of a sentence does. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (word that expresses action): 動作動詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 动作动词 (dòngzuò dòngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), verbe d’action [masculine] (French), Handlungsverb [neuter] (German), 動作動詞 (dōsa dōshi) (alt: どうさどうし) (Japanese), 동작 동사 (dongjak dongsa) (Korean), verbo ativo [masculine] (Portuguese), глаго́л де́йствия (glagól déjstvija) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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