gerund

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)

From Latin gerundium, from gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).

Compare with gerund I, 32. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
wurðinge is a noun, not a participle or gerund. — The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D., Unknown
He writes omneis at length, and quidquid, and his gerund is most inconformable. — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle

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