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名詞

copular verb (plural copular verbs)

1. (grammar) A verb that links a subject to a complement that refers to the subject.

使用する際の注意点

• Complements that follow copular verbs are typically adjectives or participles.
• The most important copular verbs are to be and to become.
• Other copular verbs, which usually have the sense of to be perceived as or to become: appear, feel, get, go, keep, grow, lie, look, prove, remain, run, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn

同意語

• linking verb
• copula

参考

• Category:English copulative verbs
• Category:Copulative verbs by language