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The definition of a suffix is a letter, syllable or group of syllables that are added to the end of a word to change it into something else.

(noun)

An example of suffix is adding cycle to motor which creates motorcycle.

See suffix in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a letter, syllable, or group of syllables added at the end of a word or word base to change its meaning, give it grammatical function, or form a new word (Ex.: -ish in smallish, -ed in walked, -ness in darkness)
anything added to the end of something else

Origin: ModL suffixum < neut. of L suffixus, pp. of suffigere, to fasten on beneath < sub-, sub- + figere, to fix

transitive verb

to add as a suffix

Related Forms:

suffixal adjective
suffixation noun
suffixion noun

See suffix in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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, -ing in walking, or -s in sits.

transitive verb suf·fixed, suf·fix·ing, suf·fix·es

To add as a suffix.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin suffīxum

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , neuter of suffīxus, past participle of suffīgere, to fasten underneath, affix

Origin: : sub-, sub-

Origin: + fīgere, to fix, fasten; see dhīg^w- in Indo-European roots

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