finite verb meaning
ENWFinite verb
- A finite verb is a form of a verb that has a subject (expressed or implied) and can function as the root of an independent clause; an independent clause can, in turn, stand alone as a complete sentence.
- ^ Concerning the appearance of a subject as an important criterion for identifying finite verbs, see Radford (1997:507f.).
- ^ For similar definitions of the finite verb that point to the finite verb as the locus of tense, mood, etc., see for instance Quirk et al. (1979:43f.), Greenbaum and Quirk (1990:25ff.), Downing and Locke (1992:6, 180), Klammer and Schulz (1996:276f.
- NounPLfinite verbs
Definition of finite verb in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en finite verbs
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "finite verb" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.