adverb

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (to) + verbum (word).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈadvəːb/
  • IPA: /ˈædvəɹb/
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Noun [edit]

adverb (plural adverbs)

  1. (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
    • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
      ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.
    • (modifying a verb) I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
    • (modifying an adjective) It was often cold outside.
    • (modifying another adverb) Not often.

Usage notes [edit]

  • Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending -ly and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but not nouns or noun phrases.

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Norwegian [edit]

Noun [edit]

adverb

  1. adverb

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Romanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from Latin adverbium, from ad- (to) + verbum (word), French adverbe.

Noun [edit]

adverb n (plural adverbe)

  1. adverb

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from Latin adverbium, from ad- (to) + verbum (word).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ǎdʋerb/
  • Hyphenation: ad‧verb

Noun [edit]

àdverb m (Cyrillic spelling а̀дверб)

  1. (Croatia, rare) adverb

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Swedish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Borrowed from Latin adverbium, from ad- (to) + verbum (word).

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adverb n

  1. adverb

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