gerund
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammargerundger‧und /ˈdʒerənd/ noun [countable] technical SLGa noun in the form of the present participle of a verb, for example ‘shopping’ in the sentence ‘I like shopping’Examples from the Corpusgerund• He: True, in many cases you can get away with using a participle instead of a gerund.• This particular passage focuses on the gerund.Origin gerund (1500-1600) Late Latin gerundium, from Latin gerere “to bear, carry on”