"-ization" meaning in English

See -ization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ˌaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /-ˌaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American]
Etymology: From -ize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|-ize|-ation}} -ize + -ation Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=productive suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ization, {{en-suffix|cat2=productive suffixes}} -ization, {{tlb|en|American spelling}} (American spelling)
  1. Forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing something. Tags: US, morpheme Synonyms: -isation [UK] Translations (act, process, or result of doing something): -isering (Afrikaans), -isasie (Afrikaans), -izim [masculine] (Albanian), -ización [feminine] (Asturian), -izazio (Basque), -іза́цыя (-izácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), -иза́ция (-izácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), -ització [feminine] (Catalan), -化 (hoà) [Hokkien] (Chinese), -化 (faa³) (Chinese Cantonese), -化 (-huà) (Chinese Mandarin), -izace [feminine] (Czech), -isering [common-gender] (Danish), -isering [feminine] (Dutch), -isatie [feminine] (Dutch), -iseerimine (Estonian), -isaatio (Finnish), -isointi (Finnish), -isation [feminine] (French), -ización [feminine] (Galician), -isierung (German), -isation [feminine] (German), -化 (fa) (Hakka Chinese), ־יזָצְיָה (izátsya) [feminine] (Hebrew), -izáció (Hungarian), -izálás (Hungarian), -osítás (Hungarian), -asítás (Hungarian), -esítés (Hungarian), -ösítés (Hungarian), -izo (Ido), -isasi (Indonesian), -izzazione (Italian), -izzare (Italian), (-ka) (Japanese), (-hwa) (alt: ) (Korean), -izācija [feminine] (Latvian), -izacija [feminine] (Lithuanian), -изација (-izacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), -isasi (Malay), -izzazzjoni [feminine] (Maltese), -isâtion [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), -isering [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -isasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -isering [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -isasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), -izacion [feminine] (Occitan), -izacja [feminine] (Polish), -yzacja [feminine] (Polish), -ização [feminine] (Portuguese), -izare [feminine] (Romanian), -izație [feminine] (Romanian), -izațiune [feminine] (Romanian), -изаре (-izare) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Romanian), -изацие (-izație) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Romanian), -изациуне (-izațiune) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Romanian), -иза́ция (-izácija) [feminine] (Russian), -иза́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), -izácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), -izzazioni (Sicilian), -izácia [feminine] (Slovak), -izacija [feminine] (Slovene), -ización [feminine] (Spanish), -isering [common-gender] (Swedish), -isasyon (Tagalog), -izasyon (Turkish), -иза́ція (-yzácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), -іза́ція (-izácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ... hoá (Vietnamese), ־יזאַציע (-izatsye) [feminine] (Yiddish), ־יזירונג (-izirung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "sh",
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "vi",
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            "feminine"
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        "Terms with Albanian translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Basque translations",
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        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
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        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Maltese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Sicilian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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          "ref": "2003, Kevin Featherstone, Claudio Maria Radaelli, The Politics of Europeanization, page 27:",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-isering"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "-isasjon"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-isering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "-izacja"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-izație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-изациуне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-izácija",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-иза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-иза́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-izácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "word": "-izzazioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-izácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-izacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-isering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "word": "-isasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "word": "-izasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-yzácija",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-иза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-izácija",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-іза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "word": "... hoá"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-izatsye",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "־יזאַציע"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-izirung",
      "sense": "act, process, or result of doing something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "־יזירונג"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ization"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ization",
  "trace": ""
}

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