verb
- to convert (a word or phrase) into a noun or noun phrase
Usage: linguistics, grammar
Examples
- The suffix '-tion' nominalizes verbs like 'create' into 'creation'.
- In English, we can nominalize the adjective 'happy' to form the noun 'happiness'.
- The grammar lesson explained how to nominalize action words for formal writing.
- Adding '-ment' nominalizes the verb 'develop' into 'development'.
- Linguists study how different languages nominalize concepts and processes.