The word 'loses' IS a verb, the simple present tense of the verb 'to lose' (loses, losing, lost). Example use:
When our team wins, we have a Pizza party. When our team loses, we have a pizza.
Yes. An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
An adverb can modify or describe a verb.
Adverb phrases modify the verb, adjective, or adverb of the sentence.
No, it cannot. But an adverb can modify an adjective (e.g. almost bald) or another adverb (e.g. almost completely).
Yes. It can modify a verb or an adjective. It is the adverb form of the adjective immediate.
An adverb modifies a verb. An adjective modifies a noun.
an adverb
It modifies a verb, adjective, or an adverb.
No. An adverb is a modifier that can modify a verb (or an adjective, or another adverb).
An adverb, by definition, can modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Yes, an adverb can modify an adjective. For instance, you could say "I saw a very fast runner." Very, an adverb, modifies fast, an adjective. Another example is "The shelf is too high" where too (adverb) modifies high (adjective).
You could modify a phrasal verb (more than one word), or modify an entire clause with an adverb such as "fortunately."