-ment Definition

mənt, mint
suffix
Action; process.
Appeasement.
American Heritage
Result of an action or process.
Advancement.
American Heritage
Means, instrument, or agent of an action or process.
Adornment.
American Heritage

Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".

Wiktionary
affix
A result or product.
Revetment, hutment.
Webster's New World
A means, agency, or instrument.
Escapement.
Webster's New World
The act, art, or process of.
Impressment.
Webster's New World
The state, condition, fact, or degree of being ____ed.
Enchantment.
Webster's New World
verb

(obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of meng.

Wiktionary

Obsolete spelling of meant.

Wiktionary

Origin of -ment

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin -mentum n. suff

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin -amentum, from -mentum via Old French -ment.

    From Wiktionary

  • OFr < L -mentum

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

-ment Sentence Examples

  • His deposition was ment.

  • False Views of Syllogism arising from False Views of Judg- ment.

  • But the Dutch had soon cause Changes national convention; then in 1798 a constituent of Govern- ment.

  • The Public Improvement Act, when adopted, enables a parish council to purchase or lease, or accept gifts of land for the purpose of forming public walks, exercise or play grounds, and ublic to provide for the expense by means of a parish improve- Improve- ment rate.

  • The atomic weight of oxygen is now generally taken as 16, and as such is used as the standard by which the atomic weights of the other elements are determined, owing to the fact that most elements combine with oxygen more readily than with hydrogen (see ELE Ment).

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Words Starting With

MMEMEN

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With T