suffix
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈsʌfɪks/
:
sufijo
- In my class, we are learning the suffix 'phobia,' and today I learned 'Triskaidekaphobia' in class.
- prefix or suffix
- quotative suffix
- word with a suffix
Prefix, suffix Prefix Veg Vegetarian vegetables.
- Prefix, suffix Prefix Veg Vegetarian vegetables.
Examples
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Students received one point for each root, prefix, or suffix that was correctly defined for a possible total of 116 points.
Academic text (2015) -
Kumari is a common suffix for many female names.
Fiction book (1992) -
We put the little suffix let there to remind us that these are small.
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The same process can be repeated when the students are asked to choose a suffix to attach to the word.
Academic text (2014) -
The firm also had to decide what suffix to append to its name.
Academic text (1994) -
However, the meaning of the suffix "centric" is not quite the same in the words "Eurocentric" and "Afrocentric."
Academic text (1992) -
If you remember high school chemistry, the suffix "ase" describes an enzyme, or a chemical that breaks down things.
Blog text (13) -
Students wrote the definition of each prefix, root, and suffix in the space provided, which corresponded to the morpheme's position in a word.
Academic text (2015) -
The plural of Bamana nouns is generally rendered by the addition of -w as a suffix.
Academic text (2008) -
In English, the suffix -ing is commonly added to verbs to form present participles.
Synonyms
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2.8
The letters added to a word to change its form, for example -s or -ness
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6.7
The end part of a word, like the suffix '-ness' that changes its form
Something you add to the end of a word to change its meaning or form
Compounds
- Specialized
An ending added to a word to show tense or number without changing its main meaning
- Specialized
A way of writing math where operation signs come after numbers so parentheses are not needed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suffix comes from Latin parts sub- ('under') and fix ('fasten'). So a suffix is like a small piece 'fastened' to the end of a word, for example '-ness' or '-s', to make a new word or change its form.