light verb
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light verb (plural light verbs)
- (linguistics) A semantically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement, usually a noun.
- Synonyms: vector verb, delexical verb, explicator verb, thin verb, empty verb
- Coordinate terms: auxiliary verb, helping verb, full verb, lexical verb, main verb
Translations
[edit]thematically incomplete verb
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See also
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[edit]- light verb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “light verb”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.