gerund definition by Wordo

Noun

A

verbal

form

that

functions

as

a

verbal noun

. (

In

English

,

a

gerund

has

the

same

spelling

as

a

present participle

,

but

functions

differently

;

however

,

this

distinction

may

be

ambiguous

or

unclear

and

so

is

no

longer

made

in

some

modern

texts

such

as

''

A

Comprehensive

Grammar

of

the

English

Language

''

and

''

The

Cambridge

Grammar

of

the

English

Language

'')