compound verb

Compound verb — In linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi word compound that acts as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector, which carries any inflections, indicating tense, mood, or aspect, but provides only …   Wikipedia

compound verb — Лингвистика: составное слово …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

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compound — I adjective aggregate, aggregated, amalgamated, assimilated, associated, blended, combined, commixed, complex, complicated, composite, compositus, conglomerate, congregated, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, connected, convoluted, elaborate,… …   Law dictionary

Compound (linguistics) — In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding or composition is the word formation that creates compound lexemes (the other word formation process being derivation). Compounding… …   Wikipedia

Compound subject — Examples In the sentences below, the compound subjects are indicated in boldface. Jack and Jill went up the hill. John and Jill are coming to visit. John or Jill is coming to visit. My sisters or my mother is/are coming to visit. My mother or my… …   Wikipedia

compound — compound1 compoundable, adj. compoundedness, n. compounder, n. adj. /kom pownd, kom pownd /; n. /kom pownd/; v. /keuhm pownd , kom pownd/, adj. 1. composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance. 2 …   Universalium

compound — I. verb Etymology: Middle English compounen, from Anglo French *cumpundre, from Latin componere, from com + ponere to put more at position Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to put together (parts) so as to form a whole ; combine < compound in …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Verb phrase — In linguistics, a verb phrase or VP is a syntactic structure composed of the predicative elements of a sentence and functions in providing information about the subject of the sentence.VPs in the generative grammar frameworkIn the generative… …   Wikipedia

Compound word — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English