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ure}, the words moistur and prefecture have meanings referring to ‘the result of being X’ in which X refers to the bases. The meaning of the word moisture, for
example, is ‘very small drops of water that are present in the air on a surface’. That meaning refers to ‘the result of being slighty wet’ or also can be defined as
‘the result of being moist’. The same thing goes to prefect as well. Hence, it can be concluded that the suffix {-ure} also has the meaning ‘the result of-’ since the
meanings of those words refer to the result of their bases.
3. The Suffix {-ure} Having the Meaning ‘the state of-’
There are three categories which have the same data quantity. Each of those categories only consists of three data. One of those categories is the suffix
{-ure} having the meaning ‘the state of-’. The data are listed in the table below.
Table 9. The Suffix {-ure} Having the Meaning ‘the state of-’ No.
Noun Suffix {-ure} Meaning
Base Word
Base Word
1. compose composure
to manage to control your feelings or
expression the state of being calm
and in control of your feelings or behaviour
2. curve
curvature to move or make
something move in the shape of a curve
the state of being curved
3. invest
investiture to give somebody
power or authority, especially as part of
their job a ceremony at which
somebody formally receives an official title
or power The bases of the words composure, curvature, and investiture above are
classified as verb bases. The bases compose, curve, and invest are each defined as ‘to manage to control your feelings or expression’, ‘to move or make something
move in the shape of a curve’, and ‘to give somebody power or authority,
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especially as part of their job’. Nevertheless, after the affixation process of the suffix {-ure}, the meaning of those bases changes one category which is ‘the
state of being X’ in which X refers to the base. Therefore, the words composure, curvature, and investiture respectively mean ‘the state of being calm and in
control of your feelings or behaviour’ or simply said as ‘the state of being composed’, ‘the state of being curved’, and ‘a ceremony at which somebody
formally receives an official title or power’ or in other words ‘the state of being invested’.
4. The Suffix {-ure} Having the Meaning ‘the art of-’
The other categories containing three data are the suffix {-ure} which has the meaning ‘the art of-’. The data are shown in the following table.
Table 10. The Suffix {-ure} Having the Meaning ‘the art of-’ No.
Noun Suffix {-ure} Meaning
Base Word
Base Word
1. architect architecture a person whose job is
designing buildings the art and study of
designing buildings 2.
portrait Portraiture
a painting, drawing or photograph of a
person, especially of the head and shoulders
the art of making portraits
3. sculpt
sculpture to make figures or
objects by carving or shaping wood, stone,
clay, metal, etc a work of art by carving
stone or wood
The table above proves that one of the meanings of the suffix {-ure} is ‘the art of doing X’ in which X is the activity of the base. It is clearly proven in
the verb base, sculpt. When that verb base is attached to the suffix {-ure}, the meaning becomes ‘a work of art by carving stone or wood’. It means that the
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meaning of the word sculpture is ‘the art of sculpting’. Nonetheless, the different condition occurs to the other data. When the noun bases, architect and portrait,
change into architecture and portraiture, the meanings of both bases also change into ‘the art and study of designing buildings’ and ‘the art of making portraits’
rather than ‘the art of a person whose job is designing buildings’ and ‘the art of a painting, drawing or photograph of a person’. It is because the activities
mentioned in the definition of those noun bases are designing buildings and making portraits.
5. The Suffix {-ure} Having the Meaning ‘the feeling of-’
