"-isation" meaning in English

See -isation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -isations [plural]
Etymology: From -ise + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|-ise|-ation}} -ise + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} -isation (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -isations), {{tlb|en|British spelling}} (British spelling)
  1. British standard spelling of -ization. Tags: UK, countable, morpheme, uncountable

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -isation meaning in English (1.1kB)

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