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Expert leaves saying part of speech (4)

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verb

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'part of speech' is the definition.
(verb is a kind of part of speech)

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(Other definitions for verb that I've seen before include "Maybe protest" , "Word such as run, make, or do" , "love, for example" , "Type of word indicating action" , "Predicate of a sentance (4)" .)

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