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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-ent, suffix. 
  1. -ent is attached to some verbs to form adjectives with the meaning "doing or performing (the action of the verb)'':differ + -ent → different.
  2. -ent is also attached to some verbs to form nouns with the meaning "one who does or performs (the action)'':stud(y) + -ent → student (= one who studies).See -ant, -ence.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-ent suffix forming adjectives , suffix forming nouns
  1. causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action: astringent, dependent
Etymology: from Latin -ent-, -ens, present participial ending
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ENT, 
  1. Medicineear, nose, and throat.

-ent, 
  1. a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin:accident; different.
  • Latin -ent- (stem of -ēns), present participle suffix of conjugations 2, 3, 4

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