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zero deriving

zero deriving is the present participle and gerund of zero derive.

Meaning of zero derive

Verb

zero derive (third-person singular simple present zero derives, present participle zero deriving, simple past and past participle zero derived)

  1. To derive a word from another word (of a differing part of speech) without modification; to perform zero derivation.
    • Table 2. Thirty adjective lexemes which zero-derive into verbs.1986, Terence Odlin, “Markedness and the zero-derived denominal verb in English: synchronic, diachronic, and acquisition correlates”, in Fred Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, Jessica Wirth, editors...

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What is zero deriving the present participle and gerund of?
Zero deriving is the present participle and gerund of zero derive.

Words near zero deriving in the dictionary

  1. zero derivation
  2. zero derivations
  3. zero derive
  4. zero derived
  5. zero derives
  6. zero deriving
  7. zero divisor
  8. zero divisors
  9. zero ending
  10. zero endings
  11. zero fighter

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