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Definition of -ure suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ure

suffix

/ə(r)/

/ər/

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(in nouns) the action, process or result of
- closure
- failure
Word Originfrom Old French -ure, from Latin -ura.

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