<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(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 <em>dicendī</em> (genitive), <em>dicendō</em> (dative), (ablative), etc., “saying.”</li><li>Gerundive (def 1).</li><li>The English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as in "writing" in "Writing is easy."</li><li>A form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.</li></ul>