HyperDic: linking_verb

English > 1 sense of the expression linking verb:
NOUNcommunicationlinking verb, copula, copulativean equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
English > linking verb: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
Synonymscopula, copulative
BroaderverbA content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
Spanishcópula
Catalancòpula

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