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Ventura Salimbeni Ventura di Archangelo Salimbeni (also later called Bevilacqua) (20 January 1568 - 1613) was an Italian Mannerist painter and among the last representatives of a style influenced by the earlier Sienese School of Quattrocento-Renaissance.
Ventura Village, Minneapolis Ventura Village is a neighborhood within the Phillips community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are Interstate 35W to the west, Interstate 94 (including the I-94/I-35W bottleneck) to the north, and Hiawatha Avenue to the east.
Venture capital Venture capital is a type of private equity capital typically provided by outside investors for financing new, growing, or struggling businesses. Venture capital investments are generally high-risk investments but offer the potential for above-average returns and/or a percentage of ownership of the company.
Venture Capital Journal The Venture Capital Journal, or VCJ, is a monthly glossy magazine that covers investment trends, financing techniques and private equity personalities. The magazine, founded in 1961, focuses on venture capital and features expert analysis and commentary.
Venture Science Fiction Digest-sized science fiction magazine, a companion to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF) and its crime fiction stablemates at Mercury Press when launched with the January, 1957 issue. Edited by Robert P.
Venture Science Fiction Magazine Venture Science Fiction Magazine was a US science fiction magazine published from 1957 to 1958, and revived for a brief run in 1969 and 1970. Ten issues were published of the 1950s version, with another six in the second version.
Venture Smith Venture Smith (1729 - 1805) was an African slave brought to the American colonies as a child. His history was documented when he gave a narrative of his life to a schoolteacher, who wrote it down and published it under the title A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself.
Ventureño Ventureño is one of the extinct Chumash languages, a group of Native American languages previously spoken along the coastal areas of Southern California from as far north as San Luis Obispo to as far south as Malibu. Ventureño was spoken from as far north as present-day Ventura to as far south as present-day Malibu.
VentureForth VentureForth is an entrepreneurial student organization that was founded by a group of pioneering students at the University of California, San Diego in 2001. The organization has grown to become the premier undergraduate student organization promoting entrepreneurism and business skills in fields from biotechnology to finance.
VentureSoft VentureSoft is a consulting and services company that offers solutions to organizations across various markets. The company serves varied industry sectors, including Government/Public Sector, educational institutions, banks, multinational corporations and other commercial organizations.
VentureStar VentureStar was Lockheed-Martin's proposed design for a single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch system. The program's primary goal was to develop a reusable unmanned space plane for launching satellites into orbit at about 1/10 the cost of other systems that would completely replace the space shuttle.
Venturi scrubber A venturi scrubber is designed to effectively use the energy from the inlet gas stream to atomize the liquid being used to scrub the gas stream. This type of technology is a part of the group of air pollution controls collectively referred to as wet scrubbers.
Venturing (Boy Scouts of America) Venturing is a division of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women ages 14–21.Venturer Application 28-303K: Venturers registered in a crew or ship prior to their 21st birthday may continue as members after their 21st birthday until the crew or ship recharters or they reach their 22nd birthday, whichever comes first.
Venu The venu is a bamboo transverse flute used in the Carnatic music of South India. Although it is often called Carnatic flute or simply flute in English, venu (properly transliterated with a dot under the "n") is the instrument's ancient Sanskrit name.
Venule A venule is a small blood vessel that allows deoxygenated blood to return from the capillary beds to the larger blood vessels called veins. Venules have three layers: An inner endothelium composed of squamous epithelial cells that act as a membrane, a middle layer of muscle and elastic tissue and an outer layer of fibrous connective tissue.
Venus (band) Venus was created in 1997 by five artists hailing from Brussels, Belgium. The original goal of the band was to create an original sound that expressed different emotions through several instruments including guitar, violin, double bass, organ, percussion, synth, and a host of others.
Venus (genus) Venus is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae. Species currently classified in this genus are generally referred to as venuses or venus clams, though because of reclassifications, there are some bivalves commonly called venus clams that are no longer placed in genus Venus.
Venus (Ruslana song) "Venus" is a popular song by Ruslana (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004). It is a cover of the 1970 Shocking Blue song "Venus", which also became a international smash hit for Bananarama in 1986.
Venus (TMNT) Venus or Venus de Milo is a fictional character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe, a female mutant turtle. She only appeared in the television series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation on Fox and she guest starred with the rest of the turtles on a Power Ranger episode.
Venus and Mars/Rock Show "Venus and Mars" / "Rock Show" is a single by 1970s rock band Wings and as songs are the first two tracks on the 1975 album Venus and Mars. The single was backed with "Magneto and Titanium Man", another track from that album.
Venus as a Boy "Venus as a Boy" is a song by Björk, released as the second single from her 1993 album Debut. The song is based around beer bottle-like percussion sounds and strings, while Björk sings about a pair of devoted lovers and their sexual arousal of each other.
Venus Alley Venus Alley was a famous red-light district once located in Butte, Montana in the United States. It flourished from the late 19th century through the early 20th century and was one the last openly tolerated urban prostitution districts in the American West, along with the one in Reno, Nevada.
Venus Anadyomene Venus AnadyomeneΑναδυόμενη (Anadyómenē), "rising up". ("Venus Rising From the Sea") was one of the iconic representations of Aphrodite, made famous in a much-admired painting by Apelles, now lost, but described in Pliny's Natural History, with the anecdote that the great Apelles employed Campaspe, a mistress of Alexander the Great, for his model.
Venus Anadyomene (Titian) Venus Anadyomene (Greek - literally Venus rising from the sea), is a c.1520 oil painting by Titian, depicting Venus (identified by the shell bottom left - she was said to have been born from a shell) rising from the sea and wringing her hair, either after bathing or after her birth.
Venus Beauty Institute Venus Beauty Institute (French title: Vénus beauté (institut)) is a 1999 French movie, directed by Tonie Marshall. It stars Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan, Jacques Bonnaffé, Mathilde Seigner, Audrey Tautou, Robert Hossein, Claire Denis, Micheline Presle, Emmanuelle Riva and Elli Medeiros.
Venus BucureĹźti ASC Venus BucureĹźti was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest. The club was established in 1915 in the old neighborhood of Venus - which does not longer exist being destroyed by Nicolae CeauĹźescu to make room to its People's House and other monstrous buildings.
Venus comb murex Venus comb murex, Murex pecten, is a gastropod of the family Muricidae, native to Indo-Pacific waters. The shell of this snail is unique in its array of over one hundred perfectly arranged and needle sharp spines.
Venus de Milo The Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. It is believed to depict Aphrodite (called Venus by the Romans), the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
Venus Dee Milo Venus Dee Milo is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe, that was member of the mutant superhero group X-Statix. She appeared in the first issue of that series and was created by Mike Allred and Peter Milligan.
Venus effect The Venus effect is a phenomenon in the psychology of perception, named after Diego Velázquez's painting The Rokeby Venus. Viewers of the painting assume that Venus is admiring her own reflection in the mirror.
Venus Envy (sex shop) Venus Envy is a Canadian sex shop and independent book store with a web site and two retail stores (in Ottawa, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia). Conceived along the lines of such pioneering sex businesses as Babeland and Good Vibrations, Venus Envy was one of the first Canadian businesses to offer woman-friendly surroundings and service distinct from traditional sex stores (other, similar stores include Come As You Are and Good For Her in Toronto and Womyns'Ware in Vancouver).
Venus Equilateral The Venus Equilateral series is a set of 13 science fiction short stories by George O. Smith, concerning the Venus Equilateral Relay Station, an interplanetary communications hub located at the L4 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Venus system.
Venus fasciata The Banded venus, Venus fasciata (under authority of da Costa in 1778) is of the phylum Mollusca which includes snails, slugs, mussels, cockles and clams and is among the class Pelecypoda, Bivalves which includes clams, cockles, mussels, oysters, and scallops.
Venus figurines Venus figurines is an umbrella term for a number of prehistoric items, mostly in statuette form, of obese or heavily pregnant women from the Aurignacian or Gravettian period of the upper Palaeolithic, found in Europe. These items were either carved from stone, bone or ivory, or molded in clay and fired.
Venus Flytrap (WKRP in Cincinnati) Venus Flytrap is a character on the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-82), played by Tim Reid. He was the evening and early night-time disc jockey at WKRP, and during the course of the series he also became assistant program director.
Venus Hum Venus Hum is an electronic pop music group from Nashville, Tennessee, consisting of vocalist Annette Strean and multi-instrumentalists Kip Kubin and Tony Miracle. Miracle has a rare heart condition which results in perpetually hearing his own heartbeat in his ears.
Venus in fiction In science fiction tales of about the first two thirds of 20th century the planet Venus was usually described as a hot, misty place, a planet covered by swamps full of strange life forms, often as a world resembling Earth in the Carboniferous period.
Venus in Furs Venus in Furs (first published in 1870 under the title Venus im Pelz in German) is possibly the best known of its author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's works. The novel was part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called “The Heritage of Cain,” which was to have six parts and contain six stories each on the subjects of: Love, Property, The State, War, Work, and Death.
Venus in the fiction of Leigh Brackett Venus and Venusians are frequently appearing settings and characters for many of the Solar System stories of Leigh Brackett. Brackett's Venus shares some characteristics with the astronomical Venus, but in other respects functions as a consistent fantasy world with recurring landmarks and characteristics that reappear from story to story.
Venus Kallipygos The Callipygian Venus or Venus Kallipygos, (In Greek, Aphrodite Kallipygos: "Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks"), is a type of nude female statue of the Hellenistic era. It depicts a partially-draped womanConventionally presumed to be Venus, though it may equally be a portrait of a mortal woman, such as a hetaira, or an image of the goddess modelled on one such.
Venus of Brassempouy The Venus of Brassempouy, also known as the Brassempouy Lady is a miniature bust of a female, approximately 22,000 years old, carved from ivory. It was found at Grotte du Pape, near Brassempouy, Landes in France.
Venus of Dolní Věstonice The Venus of Dolní Věstonice (Věstonická Venuše in Czech) is a Venus figurine, a statuette of a nude female figure dated to 29,000–25,000 BCE (Gravettian industry). This figurine, together with a few others from nearby locations, is the oldest known ceramic in the world.
Venus of Lespugue The Venus of Lespugue is a Venus figurine, a statuette of a nude female figure from approximately 25,000 BC. It was discovered in 1922 in the Rideaux cave of Lespugue (Haute-Garonne) in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Venus of Urbino The Venus of Urbino (1538) is an oil painting by Italian master Titian. It depicts a nude young woman, identified with the goddess Venus, reclining on a couch or bed in the sumptuous surroundings of a Renaissance palace.
Venus of Willendorf Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an 11.1 cm (4 3/8 inches) high statuette of a female figure, discovered at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, Austria, in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy.
Venus on the Half-Shell Venus on the Half-Shell was first published in two parts beginning in the December 1974 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It is a science fiction novel attributed to the fictional author Kilgore Trout but actually written by Philip José Farmer.
Venus Swimwear VENUS is a retail marketer specializing in women's swimwear, fashion apparel and accessories. In addition to their mail-order catalog and online store, VENUS has one outlet store in Jacksonville, Florida, with plans to expand throughout the state in 2007.
Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa The Venus tablet of AmmisaduqaEnuma Anu Enlil Tablet 63 recovered from the library at Nineveh, is a 7th century cuneiform tablet that bears ancient records of the rise times of Venus, its first and last visibility on the horizon before or after sunrise and sunsetProblems of atmospheric diffraction were addressed by V.G.
Venus Throw The Venus Throw was the highest roll in the Ancient Roman gambling game of tali, or knucklebones. The game was played with four sheep's or goat's knucklebones, 4-sided rectangular dice numbered I, III, IV and VI .
Venus Victrix (Canova) Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix, semi-nude life-size reclining neo-Classical portrait sculpture by Canova. Reviving the ancient Roman artistic traditions of portrayals of mortal individuals in the guise of the gods, and of the beautiful female form reclining on a couch (as most often seen in reclining portrayals of Hermaphroditi), it was commissioned by her husband Camillo and executed in Rome from 1805 to 1808, after the subject's marriage into the Borghese family.
Venus' Flower Basket The Venus' Flower Basket, or Euplectella aspergillum, is the only Hexactenellida in the phylum Porifera to be used in hobbyists' aquariums. This is because Hexactinellid sponges are mainly deep ocean sponges that are not suitable for domestic aquarium environments.
Venusaur are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Venusaur are famous for evolving from Bulbasaur, one of the three species of Pokémon players can choose from at the start of their adventure in Pokémon Red and Blue (and their remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen).
Venustiano Carranza Venustiano Carranza Garza (December 29 1859 – May 21 1920) was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted.
Venustiano Carranza, Michoacán Venustiano Carranza is a small city located in the northern part of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in the region of the Chapala Swamp. The city is still also known for its former pre-revolution name San Pedro Caro, and bears the name of the town's Patron Saint and the last name of its founder, Venustiano Carranza.
Venutius Venutius was a 1st century king of the Brigantes in northern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest. Some have suggested he may have belonged to the Carvetii, a tribe which probably formed part of the Brigantes confederation.
Veo The Veo is a cryptid described in The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals by Karl Shuker as living on the island of Rintja and resembling other pangolins, or scaly ant-eaters. This creature is reported to be as big as a horse.
Veoh Veoh is a video hosting site similar to other such sites as Youtube and Google Video. Unfortunately it seems to have a number of problems some of the major ones being, the invasive nature of their new client sever programme, as well as its ambivalence towards those who voice concerns within the Veoh community.
Veolia (New Zealand) Veolia Transport Auckland, formerly Connex Auckland Limited, is a division of Australasia's largest passenger train company, French-owned Veolia. It runs Auckland's urban passenger rail services under contract to the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) under their MAXX brand, on infrastructure owned and managed by ONTRACK.
Veolia Transport Veolia Transportation is a brand name of the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement before known as Connex. Veolia Transportation trades under the brand names of Veolia Transportation, Veolia Transport or Veolia Verkehr in Germany.
Veolia Transport Norway Veolia Transport Norway is the Norwegian subsidiary of Veolia Transport, part of Veolia Corporation and operates through its subsidiaries buses, ferries and trams in the counties of Akershus, Finnmark, Nordland, Rogaland and Sør-Trøndelag, primarily through the purchase of former monopolists. The company has 1,500 employees and operates ca 440 buses, 25 ferries/ships and 9 trams.
Veolia Verkehr Veolia Verkehr GmbH is the largest private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3 2006 Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names.
Vepar In demonology, Vepar is a strong Great Duchess of Hell, and rules twenty-nine legions of demons. She governs the waters and guides armoured ships laden with ammunition and weapons; she can also make, if requested, the sea rough and stormy, and to appear full of ships.
Vepr The Vepr ("wild boar" - Ukrainian language) has been announced in 2003 as a new Ukrainian-designed assault rifle. Ukraine is a former Soviet republic and since the dissolution of the USSR its armed forces used Soviet-era small arms, including the Kalashnikov AKM and AK-74 assault rifles.
Veps Veps or Vepsians are a Finnic people that speak the Veps language, which belongs to the Baltic-Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. The self-designations of these people in various dialects are vepslaine, bepslaane, and (in northern dialects, southwest of Lake Onega) ludi and ludilaine.
Vera (novel) Vera by Elizabeth von Arnim is a black comedy based on her disastrous second marriage to Earl Russell: a mordant analysis of the romantic delusions through which wives acquiesce in husbands' tyrannies. In outline the story of this utterly unromantic novel anticipates DuMaurier's Rebecca.
Vera Brittain Vera Mary Brittain (December 29, 1893 – March 29, 1970) was an English writer, feminist and pacifist, best remembered as the author of the best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth, recounting her experiences during World War I and the growth of her ideology of Christian pacifism.
Vera Brosgol Vera Brosgol (born August 1984 in Russia) is a cartoonist and a graduate in Classical Animation of Sheridan College in Canada. She lives in Portland, Oregon and is best known for her work in the Flight Anthology and her webcomic Return to Sender.
Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania Vera Cruz is a small village to the south of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Main Road and Vera Cruz Road in Upper Milford Township, Pennsylvania and is notable for being the location of the oldest tavern in Lehigh County.
Vera de Bosset Vera de Bosset Soudeikine (1888 – 1982) was a long-term mistress and ultimately second wife of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, who married her in 1940 after the death of his first wife Katerina Nossenko.
Vera Fischer Vera LĂşcia Fischer (born on November 27, 1951) is a Brazilian actress of long-standing reputation and works in cinema and for the small screen, particularly for telenovelas. She was coronated Miss Brazil in 1969 which is what propelled her career to great fame.
Vera Ilina Vera Ilina (born February 20, 1974) is a Russian diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She is the Olympic champion from Sydney, Australia in 2000 in the 3m Synchronized Springboard with partner Ioulia Pakhalina.
Vera Institute of Justice The Vera Institute of Justice is a non-governmental criminal justice research and policy organization, based in New York City. The Vera Institute of Justice was founded in 1961, by philanthropist Louis Schweitzer and Herb Sturz.
Vera Kholodnaya Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (Вера Васильевна Холодная; August 30, 1893 - February 16, 1919) was the first star of Russian silent cinema. Only five of her films still exist and the total number she acted in is unknown, with speculation ranging between fifty and one hundred.
Vera Leigh Vera Leigh (born Vera Glass on March 17, 1903 in Leeds, England - died 6 July 1944 in Natzweiler-Struthof) was a British spy during World War II who assisted the French Resistance. In 1944 she was captured by the Germans and executed.
Vera Lischka Vera Lischka (born May 1, 1977 in Linz) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Austria, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At the European SC Championships 1996, she won the European title in the 50m Breaststroke.
Vera Lynn Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born March 20, 1917) is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II, when she was nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart". She is best known for the popular songs "We'll Meet Again", written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and "The White Cliffs of Dover", words by Nat Burton, music by Walter Kent.
Vera O'Drake Vera O'Drake is a fictional character in The Scrooge McDuck universe made for The Walt Disney Company. She is a cousin of Downy O'Drake and the mother of Rumpus McFowl whom she had with Fergus McDuck before he married Downy.
Vera Perlin Elizabeth Vera Perlin (1902 – 1974) was the founder of the Newfoundland Association for the Help of Retarded Children, born St. John's, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), daughter of Mitchie Ann (Manuel) and John Chalker Crosbie, married Albert B.
Vera Rubin Vera (Cooper) Rubin (born 23 July 1928) is an astronomer who has done pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates. Her discovery of what is known as "flat rotation curves" is the most direct and robust evidence of dark matter.
Vera Sessina Vera Sessina Russian: Вера Валерьевна Сесина Vera Valer'evna Sesina (Born 23rd February, 1986 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) is an individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She trains in Moscow at the MGFCO - Dinamo Club.
Vera Sto Dexi Vera Sto Dexi is one of the most popular and acclaimed TV shows in Greece. Created by journalist Helena Akrita and writer Giorgos Kyritsis, Vera Sto Dexi (Greek for "Wedding Band to the Right") combines elements of drama, mystery/adventure, and occasionally comedy.
Vera the mouse Vera the mouse is a beloved children's character created by noted Dutch artist Marjolein Bastin in the mid-1980s. Vera has come to life in 17 books, some of which have been translated into English, German and Japanese, and appears on a regular basis in the Dutch women's magazine, Libelle.
Vera von Blumenthal Madame Vera (or Verra) von Blumenthal together with Rose Dugan (or Dougan) contributed to the development of the Pueblo Indian pottery industry by teaching the potters of the local pueblos techniques which made the pottery more attractive to collectors. They lived at Duchess Castle, north of Santa Fe, New Mexico around 1918 during the summer and in Pasadena, California during the winter.
Vera Volkova Vera Volkova (Russian: Bepa Boлкoвa; 1905 – May 5, 1975) was an influential Russian ballet dancer and dance teacher. Born in Tomsk but trained in Petrograd as a dancer at the philosopher Akim Volynsky's School of Russian Ballet, she was important in spreading the teaching methods of Agrippina Vaganova in the West after her defection in 1929.
Vera-Ellen Vera-Ellen (February 16, 1921 - August 30, 1981), American actress and stage and film dancer, principally celebrated for her filmed dance partnerships with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. Ellen excelled in tap, ballet, acrobatic, and modern dance.
Veracocha Veracocha is the alias used for the trance music collaboration between Dutch producers Vincent De Moor and Ferry Corsten, both of whom have had solo success under their own names and using various other aliases.
Verajean (ship) The Verajean was an exporting ship that was driven ashore at Rhoose point near Barry in south Wales in 1908. The ship was stranded for a fortnight, and to lighten it, its cargo of coal bricks was unloaded onto the beach.
Veralidaine Sarrasri Veralidaine Sarrasri (also known as Daine) is the main character of the Tamora Pierce fantasy series The Immortals and also makes several cameo appearances in Protector of the Small and Daughter of the Lioness. She has the unique ability to communicate with animals telepathically as well as being able to heal them and even shapeshift to become one.
Verano azul Verano azul (Blue Summer) was a famous Spanish television show from 1981 directed by Antonio Mercero. It tells of the adventures of a few teenage friends while on summer vacation in Nerja, a small town in the Costa del Sol, southern Spain.
Veratridine Veratridine is a steroid alkaloid that functions as a neurotoxin by activating Na+ channels and increasing intracellular Ca2+ concentration. It acts by preferentially binding to activated Na+ channels causing persistent activation.
Verónica Castro Verónica Castro (born October 19 1952 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress, singer and host. She is the mother of singer Cristian Castro and Michell Castro and the sister of telenovela producer José Alberto Castro.
VerĂłnica Romeo VerĂłnica Romeo (born July 18, 1978) is a Spanish singer who became successful after appearing on TV contest OperaciĂłn Triunfo, where she was voted as the sixth favourite singer of the audience. Her powerful voice (she reaches the whistle register), her beauty and her simpathy caught people attention.
Verb In syntax, a verb is a word belonging to the part of speech that usually denotes an action (bring, read), an occurrence (decompose, glitter), or a state of being (exist, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice.
Verb argument A syntactic verb argument, in linguistics, is a phrase that appears in a relationship with the verb in a clause. Typical syntactic arguments are the subject and the direct object, which are usually termed "core arguments".
Verb Phrase Ellipsis In linguistics, verb phrase ellipsis (or VPE for short) is a elliptical construction in which the verb of a sentence or utterance has been left out (ellided). In most cases the verb is able to be infered by the listener through prior linguistic context.
Verb Subject Object Verb Subject Object (VSO) is a term in linguistic typology. It represents one type of languages when classifying languages according to the sequence of these constitutents in neutral expressions: Ate Sam oranges.
Verbal agreement In linguistics, verbal agreement is a morpho-syntactic construct in which properties of the subject and/or objects of a verb are indicated by the verb form. Verbs are then said to agree with their subjects (resp.
Verbal arithmetic Verbal arithmetic, also known as alphametics, cryptarithmetic, crypt-arithmetic, or cryptarithm, is a type of mathematical game consisting of a mathematical equation among unknown numbers, whose digits are represented by letters. The goal is to identify the value of each letter.
Verbal Abuse (The Undead Album) Verbal Abuse is the second release from the Lodi punk band The Undead. Recorded in February 1983, in guitarist/vocalist Bobby Steele's bed room, 2000 copies were released on Post Mortem Records, and five test pressings were made to Bobby.
Verbal noun A verbal noun is a noun formed directly as an inflexion of a verb or a verb stem, sharing at least in part its constructions. This term is applied especially to gerunds, and sometimes also to infinitives and supines.
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