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The physician emphasized that proper nourishment is vital for a patient's recovery. What is the function and meaning of the suffix -ment in the word nourishment?

  1. A
    It turns a verb into an adjective meaning able to be fed.
  2. It turns a verb into a noun meaning the act, process, or result of feeding.Cevap
  3. C
    It turns a base word into an adverb meaning in a manner that lacks food.
  4. D
    It turns a base word into a root meaning to measure nutritional value.

Cevap

The suffix -ment turns the verb nourish into a noun meaning the act, process, or result of feeding.
The suffix '-ment' is added to the verb 'nourish' to create a noun that refers to the substance, process, or act of sustaining life with food.

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1
Identify the base word and the attached suffix in 'nourishment'.
The base word is the verb 'nourish' (to supply with food or sustain), and the suffix is '-ment'.
Breaking the word into its morphological components isolates the target affix.
2
Determine the grammatical category and semantic meaning produced by '-ment'.
The suffix '-ment' converts verbs into abstract or concrete nouns that denote an action, state, or resulting substance.
Applying morphological rules confirms both the resulting part of speech and its definition.

Anahtar Kavram

The suffix '-ment' attaches to verbs to create nouns denoting an action, process, or resulting state.
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