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  1. -mentsuffix

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

  2. Etymology: From -amentum, from -mentum via -ment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. -ment

    a suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of -ment in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of -ment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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