Meaning Of The Word -ation
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-ation Meaning
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What's The Definition Of -ation?
-ation
suffix: -ation and -ion are added to some verbs in order to form nouns. Nouns formed in this way often refer to a state or process; for example, starvation is the process of starving, and victimization is the process of being victimized. suffix forming nouns: indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result -ation in American English the act of ____ing suffix: a combination of -ate1 and , -ion, used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate1 (separation). On this model, -ation is used independently to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation) |
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