🔤 Word ending ➕ To add ending

to suffix

5.3

Add letters to the end of a word to make a new word or change its form

verb
/ˈsʌfɪks/

: añadir un sufijo

In her essay, she decided to suffix the term 'educate' with '-tion' to refer to the process.

Examples

I plan to suffix the word 'happy' with '-ness' to create 'happiness.'
I instinctively add a 'u' to a few words from having written a lot with a UK English spell checker, and I never suffix '-iser' with a 'z.'

Blog text (29)
Students often suffix verbs with '-ing' to indicate an ongoing action.

Synonyms

to affix

vsto suffix

Specialized

1 6.4

To add a small part like a prefix or suffix to a word to change its meaning

adds only to the end of a root word rather than to the start

Antonyms

to prefix

1 3.7

To put letters at the start of a word or put something at the start of something else

Compounds

inflectional suffix

Specialized

7.3

An ending added to a word to show tense or number without changing its main meaning

suffix notation

Specialized

8.3

A way of writing math where operation signs come after numbers so parentheses are not needed

Surface Forms

suffix infinitive

suffixed past

suffixed past participle

suffixing present participle

suffixes third person singular

Etymology

Suffix comes from the same Latin parts sub- ('under') and fix ('fasten'). So to suffix a word is to 'fasten' letters to its end, for example adding '-ed' to make the past form.