very
/ˈvɛɹi/
adjective
🇬🇧 UK
/ˈvɛɹi/
🇺🇸 US
/ˈvɛɹi/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · adjective
True, real, actual.
“He tried his very best.”
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Meaning 2 · adjective
The same; identical.
“He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.”
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Meaning 3 · adjective
With limiting effect: mere.
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Meaning 4 · adverb
To a great extent or degree.
“Not very many (of them) had been damaged.”
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Meaning 5 · adverb
Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true.
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Meaning 6 · adverb
(with superlatives) Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect.
“He was the very best runner there.”
How this word is used
- Everyday “He tried his very best.”
- General “He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.”
- Everyday “Not very many (of them) had been damaged.”
- General “He was the very best runner there.”
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