cop‧u‧la /ˈkɒpjələ, ˈkɒpjʊlə $ ˈkɑːp-/ noun [countable] technical
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: 'something that joins']
a type of verb that connects the subject of a sentence to its complement, for example ‘seem’ in the sentence ‘The house seems big’ Synonym : linking verb

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