Question

What is phrasal verbs?​

Answer 1

Phrasal verbs are an important part of the everyday English language— both spoken and written. They are also known as multi-word verbs. These are the verbs that contain a verb and another word(s). Very often, the meanings of these verbs are different from the meanings of the verbs with which they are made.

For example:-

After long discussions, we finally arrived at a solution that pleased all.

• (Here, the phrasal verb ‘arrived at’ is made up of the verb ‘arrive’ and the word ‘at’. The phrasal verb means ‘to reach an agreement’.)

My boss asked me to do away with my glasses as she said I look better without them.

• (Here, the phrasal verb ‘do away with’ is made up of the verb ‘do’ and the words ‘away’ and ‘with’. The phrasal verb means ‘to get rid of something’.)

Answer 2

Answer:

Phrasal Verbs

In English traditional grammar, a phrasal verb is the combination of two or three words from different grammatical categories – a verb and a particle, such as an adverb or a preposition – to form a single semantic unit on a lexical or syntactic level.[1] Examples: turn down, run into, sit up. There are tens of thousands of them, and they are in everyday, constant use. These semantic units cannot be understood based upon the meanings of the individual parts alone, but must be taken as a whole.[citation needed] In other words, the meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable.[2] Phrasal verbs that include a preposition are known as prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs that include a particle are also known as particle verbs. Additional alternative terms for phrasal verb are compound verb, verb-adverb combination, verb-particle construction, two-part word/verb or three-part word/verb (depending on the number of particles) and multi-word verb.

Phrasal verbs are differentiated from other classifications of multi-word verbs and free combinations by criteria based on idiomaticity, replacement by a single-word verb, wh-question formation and particle movement.[4][5].