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DEVERBAL NOUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deverbal noun mean? 

DEVERBAL NOUN (noun)
  The noun DEVERBAL NOUN has 1 sense:

1. a noun that is derived from a verbplay

  Familiarity information: DEVERBAL NOUN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEVERBAL NOUN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A noun that is derived from a verb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

deverbal noun; verbal noun

Hypernyms ("deverbal noun" is a kind of...):

common noun (a noun that denotes any or all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deverbal noun"):

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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