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Definition: Gerund |
GerundNoun1. A noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Gerund \Ger"und\, noun. [Latin expression gerundium, from gerere to bear, carry, perform. See Gest deed, Jest.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Gerund |
| English words defined with "gerund": gerundial, Gerundive, Gerundively ♦ infinite, Infinitive mood ♦ non-finite ♦ Verbal noun. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gerund": Congest. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Gerund" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gerund" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gerund | 56 |
gerund phrase | 10 |
gerund infinitive | 9 |
gerund infinitive test | 3 |
gerund infinitive quiz | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gerund"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | emër foljor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صيغة الفعل (tense, voice), صيغة المصدر (infinitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | герундиум. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 动名词, 動名詞 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | gerundium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | اسم فعل , اسم مصدر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gérondif, substantif verbal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gerundium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γερούνδιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תואר פעלי, שם פעול". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gerundium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gerundio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 動詞状名詞 , 動名詞 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうしじょうめいし, どうめいし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ennym breearagh (gerundive, verb-noun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erundgay falsear (falsify, misrepresentation, wrench). (various references) gerunziu (participle), gerundiv (gerundive). (various references) герундий. (various references) gerundiv (gerundive). (various references) gerundio (gerundive, present participle). (various references) gerundium. (various references) คำนามที่มาจากคำกริยาเติม ing. (various references) ulaç, isim-fiil. (various references) герундій (gerundive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gerund": gerundive, gerundives, gerunds. (additional references) | |
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"Gerund" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agemund, egrand, Ekrund, erund, Genung, gerand, gerande, gerend, Gerin, Gerrand, gerrin, geru, Geruda, gerung, gesund, Gesunder, Girondo, greindl, gronnd, grund, Guerande, Gurung, Gyfun. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gerund" (pronounced 'Ger"und'): Facund, Fecund, Infecund. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nudger. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: nuder, nudge, under, urged. | |
-2 letters: dreg, drug, dune, dung, dure, durn, genu, grue, gude, nerd, nude, nurd, rend, rude, rued, rune, rung, unde, urge. | |
-3 letters: den, due, dug, dun, end, eng, erg, ern, ged, gen, gnu, gun, red, reg, rue, rug, run, urd, urn. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, en, er, ne, nu, re, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: dungier, gerunds, grunted, guerdon, nudgers, trudgen, undergo, unurged. | |
+2 letters: dungaree, enduring, grandeur, grounded, grounder, gruntled, guerdons, gueridon, hungered, indulger, reducing, reground, repugned, trudgens, trudgeon, unargued, underage, underdog, undergod, unforged, ungirded, ungraced, ungraded, ungreedy, unpurged, unrigged. | |
+3 letters: burdening, burgeoned, dangerous, decurving, demurring, detouring, detruding, devouring, dungarees, extruding, gardenful, gerundive, grandeurs, greyhound, grounders, groundsel, guardsmen, guerdoned, gueridons, gunpowder, harangued, humdinger, indulgers, intrigued, juddering, murdering, negritude, noseguard, outranged, perduring, preluding, redubbing, refunding, rejudging, replunged, roughened, scrounged, sundering, trudgeons, unbridged, uncharged, underages, underdogs, undergird, undergirt, undergods, undergoes, undergone, undergrad, underling, underwing, ungodlier, ungrouped, unguarded. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 72 75 6E 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . .-. ..- -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01110010 01110101 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e r u n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 0072 0075 006E 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)417184878070 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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