-ure
act, process, or result of
Latin · -ura
Latin -ura turns verbs into nouns for an action or its result: fail becomes failure, expose becomes exposure, depart becomes departure. The noun names the act or what comes out of it.
Memory trick
Picture a "cure": add -ure and the verb becomes the result noun.
Words from this root
- failure (fail + ure) — act of not succeedingअसफलता
- exposure (expos + ure) — being uncovered or revealedउजागर होना
- departure (depart + ure) — act of leavingप्रस्थान
- composure (compos + ure) — calm self-controlसंयम
- pleasure (pleas + ure) — feeling of enjoymentखुशी
- measure (meas + ure) — size or a step takenमाप, उपाय
- creature (creat + ure) — a living beingजीव
- gesture (gest + ure) — a movement that shows meaningइशारा
- erasure (eras + ure) — act of rubbing outमिटाना
- expenditure (expend + it + ure) — money spentख़र्च
- legislature (legislat + ure) — body that makes lawsविधायिका
- allure (al + lure) — attraction, charmआकर्षण