Word part · Latin suffix
The Latin suffix -tion
Means: the act of, or the result of.
At a glance
- Part
- -tion
- Meaning
- the act of, or the result of
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
- Also spelled
- sion, ion, ation
Read the ending /shən/ (or /zhən/, as in vision). In sums we write -ion after a base or root that ends in t or s (act + ion), and -ation after many action words (invite + ation).
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- act (root or base)+ion (suffix)→action
the act of doing something
- invent (root or base)+ion (suffix)→invention
something new that someone invented
- create (root or base)+ion (suffix)→creation
something made; the act of creating
create + ion: drop the e → creation
- celebrate (root or base)+ion (suffix)→celebration
a party or event to celebrate
celebrate + ion: drop the e → celebration
- select (root or base)+ion (suffix)→selection
a choice; the act of selecting
- complete (root or base)+ion (suffix)→completion
the act of finishing
complete + ion: drop the e → completion
- discuss (root or base)+ion (suffix)→discussion
a talk about a topic
- invite (root or base)+ation (suffix)→invitation
a note or message asking someone to come
invite + ation: drop the e → invitation
- imagine (root or base)+ation (suffix)→imagination
the power to picture things in your mind
imagine + ation: drop the e → imagination
- explore (root or base)+ation (suffix)→exploration
the act of exploring
explore + ation: drop the e → exploration
- decorate (root or base)+ion (suffix)→decoration
something added to make a place look nice
decorate + ion: drop the e → decoration
- admire (root or base)+ation (suffix)→admiration
the feeling of admiring someone
admire + ation: drop the e → admiration
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