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Gerund

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gerund"

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Word	Definition
gerundivenoun	(in Latin grammar) A verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
gerund-participlenoun	(grammar) The form of an English verb that ends in -ing and can function as a noun, an adjective, or a progressive verb.
gerund-grindingnoun	A rigid or pedantic style of teaching.
giggingverb	(film, music, television, theater) The act of engaging in a musical performance, acting in a theatre production, etc.
g-formnoun	The base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in the Semitic languages
gentilizingverb	gerund of gentilize
common gendernoun	(grammar) In some languages (e.g. Latin, Lithuanian), a gender applied to a noun that can be either masculine or feminine.
gramemenoun	Dated form of grammeme. [(linguistics) A unit of grammar.]
gerrienoun	A unisex given name from Afrikaans or Dutch.
gen.noun	(title) Abbreviation of General (military rank).
genetivenoun	Archaic spelling of genitive. [(countable) A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.]
genitivenoun	(countable) A word inflected in the genitive case, and which thus indicates origin or possession.
girnernoun	Alternative form of gurner. [A person who performs at gurning]
grammatical gendernoun	(grammar) The grammatically prescribed gender of a noun, which does not necessarily correspond with the referent’s attributes such as biological sex.
gendernoun	Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.)
grammatisticnoun	(obsolete) Grammar.
genitive-accusativenoun	(linguistics) The use of genitive as a case of the grammatical object; exists at least in several Slavic and Finnic languages.
gram.noun	Abbreviation of grammar. [(countable and uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.]
gerdonnoun	Obsolete spelling of guerdon. [(now literary) A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.]
gappingnoun	(linguistics) A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."