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ger·und    Audio Help   [jer-uhnd] Pronunciation Key
–noun Grammar.
1.(in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”
2.the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
3.a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.
[Origin: 1505–15; < LL gerundium, L gerundum that which is to be carried on, equiv. to ger(ere) to bear, carry on + -undum, var. of -endum, gerund suffix]

—Related forms
ge·run·di·al    Audio Help   [juh-ruhn-dee-uhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
ge·run·di·al·ly, adverb

—Usage note See me.
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