Abstract noun

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Suffix

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Sentence 

-tion

Presentation, Education

  • The presentation was very slick
  • Education is the chief defense of nations.

-ment

Treatment, Government

  • No one receives special treatment.
  • The government should take the necessary steps

-ness

Happiness, Sweetness

  • Happiness takes no account of time
  • What he said dripped with false sweetness.

-ship

Studentship, Friendship

  • I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at Stanford.
  • Friendship is love with understanding

-ism

Marxism, Journalism

  • The proletariat must possess the truth of Marxism
  • My son’s planning to go into journalism

-or

Actor, Tutor

  • The actor is well known to us
  • Her tutor teaches her at home

-er

Worker, Writer

  • He is a tireless worker
  • He is an editorial writer

-my

Academy, Army

  • This is an academy of music
  • The army experts made the bomb safe

-nce

Independence, Innocence

  • Bangladesh gained its independence in 1971
  • She still professes her innocence

-ure

Future, Pleasure 

  • Fear not the future; weep not for the past
  • Pleasure has a sting in its tail

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