Verbal Noun

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
VN
Pronunciation
/ˈvərbəl naʊn/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. V-ing, the object in this structure, is a typical verbal noun derived from a verb and profiles the same action as the verb does, only from different perspectives.
  2. In English, a substantivized noun phrase consists of a verbal noun and its attributes.
  3. Therefore when interpreting the English abstract of technical writing we should use active voice and avoid using verbal noun so that we can translate the perfect abstract that accords with international standard.
  4. According to the part of speech, predicates are classified verbal predicate, noun predicate and adjective predicate. On this basis, the matching character between Japanese adverbs of time and different predicates and its corresponding relation in Korean have been discussed in this passage.
  5. It discusses the factors that influence the sequence of common present tense of verbal classifier phrase and composition of noun.

Other meanings of VN