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com·port·ment
 comportment
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- pronunciation:
- k
 m
port
mnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
conduct or bearing; manner of behaving.
- similar words:
- action, bearing, behavior, conduct, deportment, port
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| related words: |
address, demeanor, front, manner, poise, walk |
adjective + (n.)comportment
general, modest, offensive, overall, personal, physical, professional, proper, social, specific, subtle
verb + (n.)comportment
judge, suggest
noun + (n.)comportment
appearance, attire, attitude, body, code, demeanor, dress, language, manner, method, mode, model, performance, person, sort, soul, worker
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The word comportment
contains the following parts:
port
Latin
root
that means carry
  Example words:
comportment, deport, deportation, deportment, disport, export, import, important, port, portable, portage, portal, portamento, portcullis, porter, portfolio, portiere, portly, rapport, report, reportage, reporter, support, transport, transportation, unimportant, unsupportable
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, annulment, armament, arrangement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, compliment, comportment, department, deportment, document, emolument, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, impediment, improvement, indictment, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, pediment, regiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, tenement, vestment
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