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linking verb

a verb that functions chiefly as a connection between a subject and a predicate complement (Ex.: be, appear, seem, become); copula

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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