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GERUNDIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gerundial mean?
• GERUNDIAL (adjective)
The adjective GERUNDIAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to or like a gerund
Familiarity information: GERUNDIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or like a gerund
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the gerundial suffix '-ing'
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Pertainym:
gerund (a noun formed from a verb (such as the '-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun))
Derivation:
gerund (a noun formed from a verb (such as the '-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun))
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