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verb phrase
verb phrasen. Abbr. VP1. A phrase consisting of a verb and its auxiliaries, as should be done in the sentence The students should be done with the exam by noon.2. A phrase consisting of a verb, its auxiliaries, its complements, and other modifiers, as should be done with the exam by noon in the sentence The students should be done with the exam by noon.verb phrase n (Grammar) grammar a constituent of a sentence that contains the verb and any direct and indirect objects but not the subject. It is a controversial question in grammatical theory whether or not this constituent is to be identified with the predicate of the sentence. Abbreviation: VP Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | verb phrase - one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complementspredicatephrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence |
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Related to verb phrase: prepositional phraseSynonyms for verb phrasenoun one of the two main constituents of a sentenceSynonymsRelated Words |