-ation

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Definition of -ation in English English dictionary: The result of an action or process - e.g. accumulation; A state or quality - e.g. exhilaration; An action or process - e.g. hibernation
ation: A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing
ation: It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action
ation: Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize Fr
ation: -ise; as, civilization, demoralization

-ation

Etymology

() From the Latin suffix -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (from whence -tion).

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