-ation


  1. a combination of -ate1 and -ion, used to form nouns from stems in -ate1 (separation); on this model, used independently to form nouns from stems of other origin: starvation.

Origin of -ation

1
<Latin -ātiōn- (stem of -ātiō), equivalent to -ā- stem vowel + -tiōn--tion

Words Nearby -ation

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How to use -ation in a sentence

  • But in his talk there were no pompous triads, and little more than a fair proportion of words in -osity and -ation.

  • Lor' bless 'ee, why there's the beautiful new recr'ation ground as we've just 'ad made!

  • He was parsimonious, and the economy used at his coronation was so marked that it was called a "Half Crown-ation."

  • My wife had been dead fur sebrel years, an' not habbin' any chillum I libed by myse'f in er cabin on er big plan'ation.

    Up Terrapin River | Opie P. Read
  • The green doors fell to behind Glaze and Puckinharn and cut off the murmured admir ation.

    Ande Trembath | Matthew Stanley Kemp

British Dictionary definitions for -ation

-ation

suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result: arbitration; cogitation; hibernation; moderation Compare -ion, -tion

Origin of -ation

1
from Latin -ātiōn-, suffix of abstract nouns, from -ātus -ate 1 + -iōn -ion

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