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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A word or construction that takes the place of a verb or verb phrase, such as do in the sentence She likes ice cream and I do, too.

Etymologies

  1. pro(noun) + verb. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “So thank goodness for Dr. Boris Worm, whose latest study puts the old pro-verb right again, at least in part.”

    Newsweek: 'SERENGETIS' UNDER THE SEA

  • “˜Being™ (˜Das Sein™) along with the forms am, are, is, is a pro-verb in exactly the same way as ˜this™ is a pronoun.”

    Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

  • “When there isn't enough Predicator available to release a particle for the pre-Subject position, a form of the pro-verb 'do' is brought into play: (1b) "Does the woman feed those pigeons regularly?”

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synonyms (14)

Words with the same meaning

  1. maxim
  2. apothegm
  1. aphorism
  2. saw
  1. adage
  2. enigma
  1. parable
  2. saying
  1. byword
  2. talk
  1. drama
  2. byspel
  1. sententia
  2. paroemia

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. expression
  1. saying
  1. locution

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. saying
  2. maxim
  3. adage
  4. aphorism
  1. anecdote
  2. ballad
  3. epigram
  4. legend
  1. dialect
  2. hymn
  3. fable
  4. mythology
  1. precept
  2. poem
  3. metaphor
  4. quotation
  1. allusion
  2. idiom
  3. say
  4. lore
  1. phrase
  2. folklore
  3. chronicle
  4. writing

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