(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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for gerund is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is gerund a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, gerund is tagged as noun.
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