DictionaryRoot: -ation
English

-ation

an action, process, or result

Forms

  • -ation

Origin

Borrowed through French from Latin -atio, the form of an action ending used with many -are verbs.

Note

English speakers later attached this ending to bases that were not themselves Latin verbs.

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noun

instrumentation

The arrangement of music for particular instruments.

Etymology

The noun builds on instrument in its musical sense. It names the selection and arrangement of the instruments assigned to play a piece.

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