I don't know the meaning of the English word "gerund".
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Gerund
/ˈd͡ʒɛɹənd/
Synonyms for "gerund" (36 found)
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nonfinite verb formoverreactingpersonifyingpoopingpraisingpreferringreinvestingrequiringsambaingsprainingswingingtwerkingumpingusage noteusingverbal noun
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I don't know what the English word "gerund" means.
Source: tatoeba (12685596)
Compounds in which gerunds are the second element look exactly like compounds in which present participles are the second element, but different principles of hyphenation apply.
Source: wiktionary
Like any noun, the gerund functions as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, or predicate nominative. The gerund phrase is made up of the present participle ("-ing") and can contain an object and/or a modifier (and sometimes many modifiers). The gerund is a verbal noun.
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