direct verb

English

Noun

Examples
"He listens to the radio." (third-person singular; active indicative present simple) "He has been listening to the radio." (third-person singular; active indicative present perfect progressive/present perfect continuous) "He will have been listening to the radio." (third-person singular; active indicative future perfect progressive/future perfect continuous)

direct verb (plural direct verbs)

1. (grammar) A verb that agrees in person and number with the subject of a clause, by conjugation. Conjugation is a form of inflection.

Usage notes

• The direct verb only has meaning in the simple tenses .
• In all other instances, it indicates a sentence's mood or tense.

Translations

A verb that agrees in person and number with the subject of a clause, by conjugation

• Dutch: persoonsvorm (nl) m