Gerund (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun Grammar.
  1. (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī genitive, dicendō dative, ablative, etc., “saying.”
  2. the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
  3. a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.
noun
  1. a noun formed from a verb, denoting an action or state. In English, the gerund, like the present participle, is formed in -ing
Gerund (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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