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 Translation for 'verb phrase' from English to French
NOUN   a verb phrase | verb phrases
SYNO predicate | verb phrase
ling.
syntagme {m} verbal
verb phrase
Partial Matches
ling.
syntagme {m}
phrase
expression {f}phrase
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ling.
formule {f} toute faite
set phrase
ling.
formule {f} de politesse
polite phrase
ling.
formule {f} toute faite
commonplace phrase
ling.
syntagme {m} prépositionnel
prepositional phrase
ling.
syntagme {m} nominal
noun phrase
ling.
formule {f} toute faite
empty phrase
ling.littérat.
guide {m} de conversation
phrase book
ling.littérat.
manuel {m} de conversation
phrase book
ling.
complément {m} de nom
possessive phrase
ling.
complément {m} circonstanciel
adverbial phrase
tourner qc. [lettre, compliment, critique]to phrase sth.
ling.
cliché {m}
hackneyed phrase
formule {f} magiquetalismanic phrase
ling.
formule {f} de politesse
phrase of civility
ling.
tournure {f} [formulation]
turn of phrase
ling.
expression {f} passe-partout
catch-all (phrase)
ling.
tour {m} [de phrase]
turn of phrase
ling.
formule {f} de politesse
greeting phrase [greeting formula]
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Usage Examples English
  • An "infinitive phrase" is a verb phrase constructed with the verb in infinitive form.
  • Similarly, the adverb "quickly" acts as a modifier in the verb phrase "run quickly".
  • In linguistics, a verb phrase (VP) is a syntactic unit composed of a verb and its arguments except the subject of an independent clause or coordinate clause.
  • In particular, the comparative frequently occurs with independent mechanisms of syntax such as coordination and forms of ellipsis (gapping, pseudogapping, null complement anaphora, stripping, verb phrase ellipsis).
  • This meant that they saw a simple verb phrase as encompassing a more complex syntactic structure.

  • Because of this overlap, and the fact that a sequence of prepositional phrase and verb phrase often resembles a serial verb construction, Chinese prepositions (and those of other languages with similar grammatical structures) are often referred to as coverbs.
  • The verb phrase "to feed back", in the sense of returning to an earlier position in a mechanical process, was in use in the US by the 1860s, and in 1909, Nobel laureate Karl Ferdinand Braun used the term "feed-back" as a noun to refer to (undesired) coupling between components of an electronic circuit.
  • A typical clause consists of a subject and a syntactic predicate, the latter typically a verb phrase composed of a verb with any objects and other modifiers.
  • The verb phrase is that of Plains Cree-origin with little reduction (there are no dubitative or preterit verb forms).
  • This has direct implications for word order as it is possible for the subject to be included in the verb-phrase in Turkish.

  • A clause typically contains a subject (a noun phrase) and a predicate (a verb phrase in the terminology used above; that is, a verb together with its objects and complements).
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