Tra từ very - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

very UK US [ˈver.i] adverb
1. <E > (used to add emphasis to an adjective or adverb) to a great degree or extremely
• The situation is very serious.
• We're very, very sorry about what's happened.
• Think about it very carefully before deciding.
• How very childish of her to refuse to speak to me!
• "Are you tired?" "No, not very."
• Thank you very much.
• "Did you enjoy the play?" "Very much so (= Yes)."
• I can't very well (= It would not be right for me to) say sorry when I didn't do anything wrong.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Very and extreme ↑Complete and whole ↑Intensifying expressions
2. <A > used to add force to a superlative adjective or to the adjectives 'own' or 'same'
• This is the very best chocolate cake I've ever tasted.
• She always leaves her homework to the very last moment.
• We now have our very own post office in the village.
• This is the very same (= exactly the same) place we sat in the last time we came.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Very and extreme ↑Complete and whole ↑Intensifying expressions

Common errors:
Use very to emphasize adjectives that do not have a strong meaning.
If an adjective already has a strong meaning, don't say 'very', say really/absolutely:
• Their house is very big.
• Their house is really huge.

• We were very tired after our climb.
• The surname 'Smith' is very common in Britain.
• The laws controlling drugs are very strict in this country.
• It's very convenient that you live near the office.
• He was very upset that you didn't reply to his letters.
Idioms: all very well ▪ very good ▪ very well

adjective before noun

EXACT

1. <A > (used to add emphasis to a noun) exact or particular
• This is the very book I've been looking for all month.
• You're the very person we need for the job.
• The letter was sent on Monday from Manchester and arrived in London the very same/next day.
• The very idea/thought of having her friends to stay fills me with dread.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Particular and individual

• She walked in wearing the very dress the hostess had on.
• I would like to have come, but that's the very day my niece is coming to stay with me.
• Whilst claiming to promote positive images of women, advertisers are in fact doing the very opposite.
• He was sitting in the very spot where I had first seen him, all those years before.
• Ah, there you are - the very woman I was hoping to see!

FURTHEST POINT
2. used to describe or emphasize the furthest point of something
• He found the piece of paper he had lost at the very bottom of the pile.
• We were at the very end of the queue and so didn't manage to get any tickets.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Very and extreme ↑Complete and whole ↑Intensifying expressions
Idiom: the very thing