sion

«sion» in Mova's school dictionary: a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television»… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

fragment; proper noun (Sion — a town; an old spelling of Zion)

meaning for a pupil

1) «-sion» is a word ending that makes nouns, as in «television», «decision», «explosion»; it often sounds like «zhun» or «shun». tree →

2) Sion is a town in Switzerland, in the Alps. tree →

3) Sion is an old spelling of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem in the Bible, often used to mean God's city or God's people (as in Sion College, Mount Sion). tree →

sense in the lessons

In spelling lessons «-sion» and «-tion» are taught together: «decide → decision», «explode → explosion». In church and Bible reading, «Sion» or «Zion» appears in hymns and psalms. On its own «sion» is not an everyday English word.

examples

• «Television» ends in -sion. tree →
• «Decide» becomes «decision». tree →
• «Explode» becomes «explosion». tree →
• Sion is a town in the Swiss mountains. tree →
• The old hymn sings of the hill of Sion. tree →
• Spell «confusion» with -sion, not -tion. tree →
• He had just to return the way he came, through St. Maurice and Sion, to his home in the valley. tree →

note

Mostly a suffix, not a word. Spelling tip: words ending in «-de» or «-se» often take «-sion» (decide → decision, confuse → confusion); many others take «-tion». With a capital S it is a place name.

In the corpora

• The /shun/ ending is spelled -tion, -sion, -ssion or -cian, almost never «shun».
• The softer /zhun/ sound is usually spelled -sion: television, division, decision.
• from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon —

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.