-ment

noun suffix

: the action or process of doing something

: the product or result of an action

: the state or condition caused by an action

Full Definition of -MENT

a : concrete result, object, or agent of a (specified) action <embankment>

b : concrete means or instrument of a (specified) action <entertainment>

a : action : process <development>

b : place of a (specified) action <encampment>

: state or condition resulting from a (specified) action <amazement>

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin -mentum; akin to Latin -men, suffix denoting concrete result, Greek -mat-, -ma

-MENT Defined for Kids

noun suffix \mənt\

: result, goal, or method of a specified action <entertainment>

: action : process <development>

: place of a specified action <encampment>

: state : condition <amazement>

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