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nounifying

nounifying is the present participle and gerund of nounify.

Meaning of nounify

Verb

nounify (third-person singular simple present nounifies, present participle nounifying, simple past and past participle nounified)

  1. (rare, transitive) To turn into a noun.
    • In modern parlance, the difference between nouns, adjectives, and verbs has blurred somewhat: nouns take on the appearance of adjectives, verbs become nounified, and so on.1997, Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth, Timothy-James Lee, Excel 97 Annoyances

Questions about nounifying

What is nounifying the present participle and gerund of?
Nounifying is the present participle and gerund of nounify.

Words near nounifying in the dictionary

  1. nouniest
  2. nounification
  3. nounified
  4. nounifies
  5. nounify
  6. nounifying
  7. nouniness
  8. nouning
  9. nounize
  10. nounized
  11. nounizes

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