Thursday 8 February 2018

The suffix 'ment'

This suffix makes nouns out of verbs when added to them.
Alignment: The verb align is about setting things into a line. Alignment is the act (noun) of doing so.
Aggrandizement: To aggrandize something means to increase its size, derived from the French adjective 'grand' which means 'big'.
Amendment: The verb form is 'amend', or  'to change'. 'Amendment' is the noun form.
Enforcement: The act of enforcing.
Attainment: The act of attaining.
and so on.

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