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Use -ment in a Sentence
a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state (abridgment; refreshment), a product (fragment), or means (ornament).
Origin:
< F < L -mentum, suffix forming nouns, usually from verbs
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-ment  
suff.  

  1. Action; process: appeasement.

  2. Result of an action or process: advancement.

  3. Means, instrument, or agent of an action or process: adornment.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -mentum, n. suff.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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