verbal form

  • 1form — I n. printed document 1) to fill in (BE), fill out (esp. AE), fill up (obsol. BE) a form 2) an application; tax form shape manner 3) to assume, take (on) a form (to assume human form) 4) an abridged, condensed; comprehensive; concise; convenient …

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  • 2Verbal Behavior — ist der Titel eines Buches von Burrhus Frederic Skinner. Verbal Behavior erschien 1957 und ist eine theoretische Analyse des sprachlichen Verhaltens aus der naturwissenschaftlichen Sichtweise der Verhaltensanalyse. Sprachliches Verhalten, so… …

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  • 3Verbal Behavior (book) — Verbal Behavior is a 1957 book by psychologist B. F. Skinner, in which he analyzes human behavior, encompassing what is traditionally called language, linguistics, or speech. [Citation first=Mecca |last=Chiesa title=Radical Behaviorism: The… …

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  • 4Verbal abuse — (also called reviling) is a form of abusive behavior involving the use of language. It is a form of profanity in that it can occur with or without the use of expletives. Whilst oral communication is the most common form of verbal abuse, it… …

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  • 5verbal noun — 1. A verbal noun (also called a gerund) is a form of a verb ending in ing that acts as a noun, for example smoking in the phrase no smoking and in the sentence Smoking damages your health. It should be distinguished from (identically formed)… …

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  • 6verbal — [vʉr′bəl] adj. [LME < MFr < LL verbalis, of a word < verbum: see VERB] 1. of, in, or by means of words [a verbal image] 2. concerned merely with words, as distinguished from facts, ideas, or actions 3. in speech; oral rather than written …

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  • 7Verbal abuse (disambiguation) — Verbal abuse may refer to:* Verbal abuse, a form of abusive behavior involving the use of language * Verbal Abuse, a Texas musical group * Verbal Abuse (The Undead album), a 1983 punk album …

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  • 8Verbal arithmetic — Verbal arithmetic, also known as alphametics, cryptarithmetic, crypt arithmetic, cryptarithm or word addition, is a type of mathematical game consisting of a mathematical equation among unknown numbers, whose digits are represented by letters.… …

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  • 9Form — (f[=o]rm; in senses 8 & 9, often f[=o]rm in England), n. [OE. & F. forme, fr. L. forma; cf. Skr. dhariman. Cf. {Firm}.] 1. The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or… …

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  • 10Verbal — may mean:*Non finite verb, a verb form that functions both as a verb and as another lexical category. *A word or group of words that functions as a verb by serving as the head of a verb phrase. (In some languages, adjectives are verbals.)… …

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