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Suffix logo #10101) Addon 2) Ender 3) Postfix 4) Sequel
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Suffix logo #10101) Affix 2) Attach a suffix to 3) Conjugation addition, often 4) Ending 5) Follow-up letters 6) Less when added 7) Postfix 8) Tacked-on letters 9) Termination 10) Word adjunct
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Suffix

Suffix logo #21000 In linguistics, a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, a suffix is called an afforma...
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Suffix logo #21000[name] A name suffix, in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person`s full name and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor. ==Post-nominal letters== === Academic === Academic suffixes indica...
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Suffix logo #21002• (n.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a. • (n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix. • (v. t.) To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.
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suffix logo #21003(from the article `affix`) a grammatical element that is combined with a word, stem, or phrase to produce derived and inflected forms. There are three types of affixes: ... [8 related articles]
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Suffix logo #22512See Affix.
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suffix logo #21142the portion of a multi-component signal which is transmitted immediately after the prefix and which has the function of conveying the signalling information
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suffix logo #209731. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix. ... 2. <mathematics> A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript. ... Origin: L. Suffixus, p.p. Of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. Suffixe. See Fix. ... Source: Websters Dic...
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Suffix logo #22385In linguistics, an affix that comes after the base of a word.
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suffix logo #10444an affix that is added following a root or stem , for example the boldface parts of legal ize , nation al .
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Suffix logo #20972Suf'fix noun [ Latin suffixus , past participle of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: confer French suffixe . See Fix .] 1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify ...
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Suffix logo #20972Suf·fix' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Suffixed ; present participle & verbal noun Suffixing .] To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.
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Suffix logo #20492An affix (a morpheme) added to the end of a word to alter its grammatical function, e.g. the noun luck can become an adjective by adding the suffix (or 'adjective marker') -y, as in lucky.…
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Suffix logo #21147'A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a root word. The four most frequent suffixes account for 97 percent of suffixed words in printed school English. These include -ing, -ed, -ly, and -es.'
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suffix logo #23038A suffix is a MORPHEME that is added to a word to create another word by DERIVATION. Felon thus becomes a second noun by adding `-y” felony, and an adjective by adding `-ous” felonious.
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Suffix

Suffix logo #22079An auxiliary syllable that attaches to the end of a root word to change the meaning of a word. For example suggest, suggestive.
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suffix logo #21009suffix 1. An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending; such as, -ness in 'gentleness', or -ing in 'walking', or -s in 'sits'. 2. Something added to the end of something else.
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Suffix logo #20815 A suffix is a morpheme which is added to the end of a word. There are two main categories: a.       An inflectional suffix changes the tense or grammatical status of a word, eg from present to past (worked) or from singular to plural (accidents). b.       A derivational suffix changes the word class, eg from ver...
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suffix logo #20974postfix noun an affix that is added at the end of the word
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suffix logo #21221Letter or group of letters added to the end of a word in order to show its tense (`passed`), to form the plural (`children`), to change the part of speech (`wonderful` adjective; `wonderment` noun), or to form a new word (`se...
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suffix logo #22118 a group of letters added to the end of a word to make a different word
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suffix logo #21199an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly. · something added to the end of something else.
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suffix logo #23037Any element attached to the right- hand side of a stem. Suffixation in one of the major operations in morphology and is undertaken to indicate grammatical categories as in stone : stone-s where the -s is a plural marker suffix.
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suffix logo #23665[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] an affix that is added at the end of the word
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