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-tion

Phrase CEFR B1
-ʃən

Definitions

Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.

countable, idiomatic, morpheme, uncountable

Equivalents

Español-xión
Français-tion
Deutsch-tion-ung
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Azərbaycan dili-mə
Български-ция
Bosanski-ce-cija
Català-ció
Čeština-ce
Dansk-tion
Esperanto-ado
Suomi-minen
עברית־ציה
हिन्दी-नी
Hrvatski-ce-cija
Magyar-ció
Հայերեն-ություն
Bahasa Indonesia-sike- -an
Italiano-zione
ភាសាខ្មែរការ
한국어-션-음
Kurdî-çe-ing-şen-syon
Latina-tiō
Lietuvių-cija
Bahasa Melayu-sen-si-syen
Polski-cja
Română-ciune-ție
Русский-ция
Slovenščina-cija
Српски-ce-cija
Türkçe-siyon-syon
Українська-ння-ція

Examples

ignore + -tionignortion
scrimp + -tionscrimption

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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