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What is the noun for gerunds?

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gerund
  1. (grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently.)
  2. (grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, et cetera.
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    1. “First, a noun form of the verb, i.e. gerund or agentive noun, is combined with some other word to make a compound word.”
      “I know teacher-training institutions have toiled diligently to prove otherwise, but children don't just discover things like the past perfect, the subjunctive and the gerund.”
      “He writes Omneis at length, and quicquid, and his gerund is most inconformable.”
gerundive
  1. (grammar) a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
  2. (grammar) a verbal adjective ending in -ing , also called a "present participle".
gerundives
  1. plural of gerundive
gerunds
  1. plural of gerund
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    1. “Speaking of gerunds, has anyone noticed that catenatives tend to be followed by gerunds if the catenative is a phrasal verb?”
      “He also advises that one should use the active instead of the passive voice and gerunds instead of noun constructions.”
      “The Turkish sentence has an economy of words and an elegance which are due to the language being agglutinative, using participles, gerundives, and gerunds.”
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