The phrase "a verb from a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It could be used in a context where you are discussing a specific verb that originates from a particular source or category.
Example: "In this lesson, we will focus on a verb from a list of commonly used action words."
Alternatives: "a verb derived from" or "a verb belonging to".
One encounters applicants, smart as paint, with four As at A-level, who wouldn't know a noun from a ninepin or a verb from a vole.
This may be a low level of interpretation, of course; simply ascertaining the correct subject of a sentence where no subject is present, or inferring a verb from a prior occurrence, without going into any metaphysical speculations.
We thus define each competency as a triple (K, S, P) where K is a knowledge element, a class, a property or an individual from a domain ontology, S is a generic skill (a verb) from a taxonomy of skills, and P is the result of combining performance criteria values.
Shape A Tibetan councillor chancer A verb from American English meaning "to tax" Calabazilla A wild Mexican squash wading-place Used to refer to a ford swamp fuchsia Common name in Australian English for Eremophilia maculata, a species found in Queensland.
chancer A verb from American English meaning "to tax" OK, it's in the Oxford English Dictionary – but do you know what 'cis' means?
At the state level the seemingly simple change of a verb from the sheriff "may" issue a concealed carry permit to the sheriff "shall," which went into effect two years ago produced these results: Number of concealed carry permits in Dubuque County: 2008: 120092009: 119; 20119119; 201192007.
Few verbs here intend anything less than to gob deliciously in the mouth--The Banjo Clock wouldn't know a workaday verb from a four-pocketed kangaroo--and most of its nouns are gestural, that is to say, allegorical.
Both the correct and incorrect sentences were generated in the same manner using a cross-splicing procedure, exchanging the verb with the verb from a different sentence.
But now, using insights on how people make decisions, political parties and other organizations are finding that subtle changes in language — even from a verb to a noun — can make a substantial difference in how many people cast ballots.
Moreover, if it is right to derive the suffix -de from the verb de meaning 'to obtain' (see above), then its change from a verb to a verbal suffix is consistent with a well-established path of grammaticalization, namely a verb's gradual change into an affix (see Hopper and Traugott 2003 for discussion).
Spanish dictionaries have a range of definitions for that verb, from an innocuous "to converse, discuss" to a sinister "to plot, scheme or conspire".
