- VERY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
VERY definition: in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly See examples of very used in a sentence
- VERY definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
You use very to give emphasis to a superlative adjective or adverb For example, if you say that something is the very best, you are emphasizing that it is the best
- very - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
This word is sometimes used to show the speaker's intense feeling, or to emphasize or stress something, esp something superlative or to stress identity or oppositeness: the very best thing; in the very same place
- VERY | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary
This is the very house where we stayed (Definition of very from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- very - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Very is commonly intensified by reduplication, as in, for example, very, very important person When used in their senses as degree adverbs, "very" and "too" never modify verbs (except in some dialects influenced by Chinese: see citations)
- very - definition and meaning - Wordnik
True; real; actual; veritable: now used chiefly in an intensive sense, or to emphasize the identity of a thing mentioned with that which was in mind: as, to destroy his very life; that is the very thing that was lost: in the latter use, often with same: as, the very same fault
- Very Definition - English Grammar and Usage Key Term | Fiveable
'Very' is an adverb used to emphasize the degree or intensity of an adjective or another adverb It enhances the meaning of a word, conveying a stronger sense of that quality
- VERY Synonyms: 352 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Some common synonyms of very are equal, equivalent, identical, same, and selfsame While all these words mean "not different or not differing from one another," very, like selfsame, may imply identity, or, like same may imply likeness in kind
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