light verb

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Translations
- 1.2 See also

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

light verb (plural light verbs)

(linguistics) A thematically incomplete verb which only in combination with a predicative complement qualifies as a predicate.

Translations[edit]

linguistics

French: verbe léger (fr) m

See also[edit]

Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

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