verb
- to convert a word (especially a verb or adjective) into a noun or noun phrase
Usage: linguistics, grammar
Examples
- In the sentence 'Running is fun,' the verb 'run' is nominalized as 'running.'
- The adjective 'happy' can be nominalized to 'happiness.'
- Linguists often nominalize verbs to analyze sentence structure.
- When you nominalize 'teach,' you get the noun 'teaching.'
- The phrase 'to destroy' becomes nominalized as 'destruction.'