-ance
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-ance

noun suffix

Definition of -ANCE

1
: action or process <furtherance> : instance of an action or process <performance>
2
: quality or state : instance of a quality or state <protuberance>
3
: amount or degree <conductance>

Origin of -ANCE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin -antia, from -ant-, -ans -ant + -ia -y

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