-ation

1. a combination of -ate 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.

-ation

suffix

1. indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result Compare -ion -tion

   arbitration

   cogitation

   hibernation

   moderation

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ation¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ation¹

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

Example Sentences

It doesn’t seem like one -ism or -ation is entirely to blame, like globalism or immigration, capitalism or inflation.

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“So I thought the only way to do it, really, was to break it into two halves. And I tried to keep Bricusse’s rhyming structure. Luckily, there are thousands of ‘-ation’ words in the dictionary.”

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Some of the WildCare Park’s aquatic turtle popul ation tested positive for it last summer but didn’t show symptoms such as snotty noses, gooey eyes and ulcers in the mouth.

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And so it goes for another 102 iterations of -ation, according to Uglow.

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On the flight back to Washington, John Vandel began planning his oper- ation against the Chinese intelligence service.

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