代だい動どう詞し

noun

pro-verb

A linguistic term for a verb that stands in for another verb or verb phrase, like English 'do' in 'I like it and so do I'. Used in grammar contexts.

• 英えい語ごの「do」は代だい動どう詞しとしてよく使つかわれる。

  English 'do' is often used as a pro-verb.

• 代だい動どう詞しは、先せん行こうする動どう詞し句くを繰くり返かえさずに済すませる働はたらきを持もつ。

  Pro-verbs function to avoid repeating a preceding verb phrase.