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ger⋅und
[jer-uh
nd]
–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 gen., dicendō, dat., abl., 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. |
Origin:
1505–15; < LL gerundium, L gerundum that which is to be carried on, equiv. to ger(ere) to bear, carry on + -undum, var. of -endum, gerund suffix
1505–15; < LL gerundium, L gerundum that which is to be carried on, equiv. to ger(ere) to bear, carry on + -undum, var. of -endum, gerund suffix

Related forms:
ge⋅run⋅di⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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