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

Word History and Origins

Origin of verbal noun¹

First recorded in 1700–10