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  ENT

  ear, nose, and throat.
• -ent
  -ent

  a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different.

ENT

¹ American  

1. Medicine/Medical. ear, nose, and throat.

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-ent ² American  

1. a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different.

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ENT ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. ear, nose, and throat

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-ent ² British  

suffix

1. causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action

   astringent

   dependent

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Etymology

Origin of -ent

From Latin -ent- (stem of -ēns ), present participle suffix of conjugations 2 ( -ēre, as in habēre “to have”), 3 ( -ere, as in scrībere “to write”), and 4 ( -īre, as in audīre “to hear”)

Example Sentences

See -nce, -ncy. -ent, belonging to, as different.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Pretence′, something pretended: appearance or show to hide reality: false show or reason: pretext: assumption: claim; Preten′dant, -ent, a pretender.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various