-ition

Ition changes an action word into a state of being.

(suffix)

An example of ition used as a suffix is changing add to addition, which means the state of adding or joining of two or more things together.

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See -ition in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: < Fr or L: Fr -ition < L -itio (gen. -itionis) < -i-, thematic vowel + -tio (gen. -tionis)

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