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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