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-ment

-ment suffix: attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.

Suffix

-ment (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ments)

  1. Attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.
    Synonyms:
    -tion, -ing

-ment meaning in Urdu, Pashto, Persian and Thai

-ment in Urdu

Translations
ـش -iś

-ment in Pashto

Translations
ـتیا -tiyâ

-ment in Persian

Translations
ـش -eš

-ment in Thai

Translations
การ gaan, ความ kwaam

Synonyms of -ment

Forms of -ment

plural-ments
alternative form⠰⠞

Origin of -ment

From Middle English -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum.

Questions about -ment

What does -ment mean?
-ment means attached to a verb to form a noun meaning the action denoted by the verb or its result.
What is -ment in Urdu?
-ment in Urdu is ـش (-iś). See -ment meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is -ment?
-ment is a suffix.

Words near -ment in the dictionary

  1. -megaly
  2. -meister
  3. -mel-
  4. -melia
  5. -men
  6. -ment
  7. -ments
  8. -mer
  9. -mere
  10. -merous
  11. -mestane

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