- verbal noun
- noun Date: 1652 a noun derived directly from a verb or verb stem and in some uses having the sense and constructions of a verb
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verbal noun
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Verbal noun — Verbal Ver bal, a. [F., fr. L. verbalis. See {Verb}.] 1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. [1913 Webster] Made she no verbal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verbal noun — 1. A verbal noun (also called a gerund) is a form of a verb ending in ing that acts as a noun, for example smoking in the phrase no smoking and in the sentence Smoking damages your health. It should be distinguished from (identically formed)… … Modern English usage
verbal noun — noun (C) a noun that describes an action or experience and has the form of a present participle . For example building is a verbal noun in The building of the bridge was slow work , but simply a noun in The bank was a tall building ; gerund see… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
verbal noun — noun count LINGUISTICS a noun that is formed from a verb and ends in ing, for example swimming in the sentence Swimming is my favorite sport : GERUND … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
verbal noun — ► NOUN Grammar ▪ a noun formed as an inflection of a verb and partly sharing its constructions, such as smoking in smoking is forbidden … English terms dictionary
verbal noun — n. Gram. a noun or nominal derived from a verb and functioning in some respects like a verb: in English, it is either a noun ending in ING (a gerund) or an infinitive (Ex.: walking is healthful, to err is human) … English World dictionary
Verbal noun — A verbal noun is a noun formed directly as an inflexion of a verb or a verb stem, sharing at least in part its constructions. This term is applied especially to gerunds, and sometimes also to infinitives and supines.Examples of the verbal noun in … Wikipedia
verbal noun — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms verbal noun : singular verbal noun plural verbal nouns linguistics a noun that is formed from a verb and ends in ing , for example swimming in the sentence Swimming is my favourite sport … English dictionary
verbal noun — noun A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, this might be a gerund (ending in ing), infinitive, or other noun derived from a verb. Brisk walking is good exercise. Syn: verbal substantive … Wiktionary
verbal noun — noun a noun that is derived from a verb • Syn: ↑deverbal noun • Hypernyms: ↑common noun • Hyponyms: ↑gerund … Useful english dictionary
