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gerund
[ jer-uhnd ]
noun
- (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 诲颈肠别苍诲墨 genitive, 诲颈肠别苍诲艒 dative, ablative, etc., 鈥渟aying.鈥 gerundive ( def 1 ).
- the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
- a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.
gerund
/ 藞d蕭蓻r蓹nd; d蕭瑟藞r蕦nd瑟蓹l /
noun
- a noun formed from a verb, denoting an action or state. In English, the gerund, like the present participle, is formed in -ing
the living is easy
Grammar Note
Derived Forms
- gerundial, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 驳别路谤耻苍路诲颈路补濒 [j, uh, -, ruhn, -dee-, uh, l], adjective
- 驳别路谤耻苍路诲颈路补濒路ly adverb
- non路驳别路谤耻苍路诲颈路补濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gerund1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gerund1
Compare Meanings
How does gerund compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Yglesias named his Substack 鈥淪low Boring,鈥 after a 1919 lecture by the German sociologist Max Weber titled 鈥淧olitics as a Vocation,鈥 wherein 鈥渂oring鈥 is not an adjective of dullness but a gerund of diligence.
His intentional use of a gerund in the title allows 鈥渆ntertaining鈥 to be read as both doing a thing and being a thing.
It鈥檚 also one of the activities Koenig recommends for parents to introduce their kids to 鈥渕usiking,鈥 her preferred gerund for describing the act of playing with melody, rhythm and movement.
The 鈥渂eing鈥 in 鈥渂eing with my students鈥 is a gerund and gets the possessive pronoun 鈥渕y.鈥
Meanwhile, the gerund form of a verb the British use describes Trump鈥檚 frequent stance toward allies.
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