The suffix -ment forms nouns, chiefly by attaching to verbs. It can have several meanings, the most common being "an act or an instance of doing something" or "the state of being acted upon." Thus an entertainment can be "an act of entertaining" and amazement is "the state of being amazed." Sometimes -ment can mean "result of an action," as in advancement. The suffix -ment can be traced back to the Latin noun suffix -mentum. Although its use in English dates back to the 1300s, it wasn't until the 1500s and 1600s that a great number of words were coined with -ment.
The suffix "ment" is used to form nouns indicating the result of an action or process, such as "enjoyment" (result of enjoying) or "movement" (result of moving). It often transforms a verb into a noun indicating the state or act of the verb.
The suffix -ment means condition or result. One common word with this suffix is document.
Ampendies
It means the state of being amused.
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The prefix ment- means of the mind. The suffix -ment means a condition.
what does ment mean, though?
Ampendies
the state of
'Ment' is not a word in its own right. Do you mean 'meant'. , otherwise it is a suffix to larger compound words.
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the suffix -ment in amendment means the state of being amend
The suffix for replacement is -ment. -ment means a state of.
I believe you are referring to the suffix -MENT, used to form nouns from verbs.
the suffix "ment" means the result of an action or the condition of
It means the state of being amused.
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No,-ment is a suffix.