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What (who) is -ment - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ment; MENT (disambiguation)
-ment
¦ suffix
1. forming nouns expressing the means or result of an action: excitement.
2. forming nouns from adjectives (such as merriment from merry).
Origin
from Fr., or from L. -mentum.
-ment
-ment is added to some verbs to form nouns that refer to actions, processes, or states.
...shortly after the commencement of the service.
...the enrichment of uranium.
SUFFIX
-ment
·- A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.
Examples of use of -ment
1. The strike called by the Public and Commercial Services union is in protest at plans to axe 30,000 jobs from the depart– ment as part of a govern– ment–wide efficiency drive.
2. The slogan on the package says "surprisingly crispy!" as if to prepare you for the inevitable disappoint ment to come.
3. The committee meeting was held here at the parlia–ment house with Malik Allah Yar Khan in the chair.
4. While this may, for the mo–ment, be true in the city of Liverpool, it is not universally the case.
5. He said such an attitude by the govern–ment would give rise to conflict and discord in the country.