What (who) is -ation - definition
BRITISH GOTHIC ANARCHO-PUNK BAND
Zillah Minx; Sid Ation; Draft:Rubella Ballet
-ation
·- A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (·Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
-ation
¦ suffix (forming nouns) denoting an action or its result: exploration.
Origin
from Fr. -ation or L. -ation-.
-ation
(-ations)
-ation and -ion are added to some verbs in order to form nouns. Nouns formed in this way often refer to a state or process; for example, starvation is the process of starving, and victimization is the process of being victimized.
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Wikipedia
Rubella Ballet
Rubella Ballet are an English gothic anarcho-punk band formed in 1979, who released several albums before splitting up in 1991. They reformed in 2000.
Examples of use of -ation
1. The botched oper–ation ‘significantly increased‘ his dependence on others.
2. A second helicopter also crashed when the pilot, believing the first chopper had been attacked, took evasive ation.
3. The villagers and their families were demonstrating to demand higher compens–ation for land seized from them to build power plants – the issue behind many protests.
4. "Communist Re–found–ation," says his PA with the tone of one who has said the same thing many times before.
5. Private–sector oil explor–ation major Reliance, along with long time partner Canada‘s Niko Resources Ltd and British–owned Hardy Oil and Gas Exploration (India), stood a close second with five exploration blocks.