{
    "term": "verb",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a word or group of words that expresses an action (such as eat), an event (such as happen) or a state (such as exist)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**regular/irregular verbs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**transitive/intransitive verbs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Government’ can take a singular or plural verb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Add an ending to make the verb agree with the subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Adverbs modify verbs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you know how to conjugate the verb ‘seek’?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In this essay he has used the same verbs over and over again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The subject doesn't agree with the verb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Transitive verbs take a direct object."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's the main verb of the sentence?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["plural", "singular", "intransitive"],
                "verb + verb": ["take something", "agree with something", "inflect"],
                "verb + noun": ["ending", "form", "tense"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vɜːb/",
                "audio": "ve/verb/verb__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vɜːrb/",
                "audio": "ve/verb/verb__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French verbe or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’."
}