gerund
noun/ˈdʒerənd/
/ˈdʒerənd/
(grammar)- a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb (that is, ending in -ing) for example travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone.Topics Languageb1Word Originearly 16th cent.: from late Latin gerundium, from gerundum, variant of gerendum, the gerund of Latin gerere ‘do’.
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