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Origin of -ation
Words nearby -ation
tight rein on, a, atigi, atilt, A time to be born and a time to die, atingle, -ation, atiptoe, atishoo, at issue, at it, Atitlán
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British Dictionary definitions for -ation
-ation
suffix forming nouns
Word Origin for -ation
from Latin -ātiōn-, suffix of abstract nouns, from -ātus -ate 1 + -iōn -ion
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