light verb

English

Noun

light verb (plural light verbs)

(linguistics) A thematically incomplete verb which qualifies as a predicate only in combination with a predicative complement.
Synonym: vector verb

Translations

thematically incomplete verb

French: verbe léger (fr) m

See also

Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

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