-tion / -sion
act, state, or result of
Latin · -tio, -tionis, -sio
Turns verbs into nouns naming the act or result: educate becomes education, decide becomes decision. The ending sounds like "shun", and -ation is the most common form.
Memory trick
-tion sounds like "shun": it shuns the verb and gives you the finished result.
Words from this root
- action (act + ion) — the doing of somethingकार्रवाई
- decision (decis + ion) — a choice that is madeफ़ैसला
- education (educat + ion) — the process of teaching and learningशिक्षा
- discussion (discuss + ion) — talk about a subjectचर्चा
- collection (collect + ion) — a group of things gatheredसंग्रह
- description (descript + ion) — words that tell what something is likeवर्णन
- tension (tens + ion) — a stretched or nervous stateतनाव
- permission (permiss + ion) — approval to do somethingइजाज़त
- invention (invent + ion) — a new thing someone createsआविष्कार
- information (inform + ation) — facts told or learnedजानकारी
- explanation (explan + ation) — a statement that makes things clearस्पष्टीकरण
- conversation (convers + ation) — a talk between peopleबातचीत