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verbal noun

[ vur-buhl noun ]

noun

, Grammar.
  1. a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs. In English, a verbal noun uses the -ing form, as in , or the infinitive form, as in In Latin, examples of verbal nouns include dictiō “act of speaking, utterance” (from dīcere “to say, tell, speak”) and cantus “singing, song” (from canere ”to sing“).

    Eating is fun

    To see is to believe.



verbal noun

noun

  1. a noun derived from a verb, such as smoking in the sentence smoking is bad for you See also gerund
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of verbal noun1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

Good examples from Khmer (Cambodgian) are tmeu “one who walks” and daneu “walking” (verbal noun), both derived from deu “to walk.”

The phrase illustrates the difference between the participle and the verbal noun (or whatever it may be called) in -ing.

Aren, or aen, eco-aco-co are case terminations; tcea-cea marks the verbal noun.

The so-called imperfect subjunctive turns out to be a verbal noun with a preposition.

What is the rule about names composed of a plain noun and a verbal noun?

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