HyperDic: reflexive_verb

English > 1 sense of the expression reflexive verb:
NOUNcommunicationreflexive verba verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent
English > reflexive verb: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent.
Examples
  • "the sentence 'he washed' has a reflexive verb"
  • "'perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself"
BroaderverbA content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
Spanishverbo pronominal
Catalanverb reflexiu

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