-ation Definition
āzhən
suffix
Action or process.
Strangulation.
American Heritage
The result of an action or process.
Acculturation.
American Heritage
State, condition, or quality of.
Eburnation.
American Heritage
An action or process - e.g. hibernation.
Wiktionary
The result of an action or process - e.g. accumulation.
Wiktionary
affix
The act of ____ing.
Alteration.
Webster's New World
The condition of being ____ed.
Starvation.
Webster's New World
The result of ____ing.
Compilation.
Webster's New World
Origin of -ation
Middle English -acioun from Old French -ation from Latin -ātiō -ātiōn- n. suff. -ā- stem vowel of verbs in -āre -tiō -tiōn- abstract n. suff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the Latin suffix -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō (from whence -tion).
From Wiktionary
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