action verb
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English
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Noun
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action
verb
(
plural
action verbs
)
A
word
that expresses
action
and tells what the
subject
of a sentence does.
Translations
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word that expresses action
Chinese:
Mandarin:
動作
動詞
,
动作
动词
(
dòngzuò dòngcí
)
French:
verbe
d'
action
m
German:
Handlungsverb
n
Japanese:
動作
動詞
(
どうさどうし, dōsa dōshi
)
Korean:
동작
동사
(
dongjak dongsa
)
Portuguese:
verbo
ativo
m
Russian:
глаго́л
де́йствия
m
(
glagól déjstvija
)
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