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ALL meanings of verbal noun

ver·bal noun
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  • noun verbal noun a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden. 1
  • noun verbal noun a noun derived from a verb, such as smoking in the sentence smoking is bad for you 0
  • noun verbal noun a noun or nominal derived from a verb and functioning in some respects like a verb: in English, it is either a noun ending in -ing (a gerund) or an infinitive (Ex.: walking is healthful, to err is human) 0
  • noun verbal noun (grammar) A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, this might be a gerund (ending in -ing), infinitive, or other noun derived from a verb. 0
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