Suffix meaning
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.
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)
noun
To add as a suffix.
verb
Anything added to the end of something else.
noun
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.
An example of suffix is adding cycle to motor which creates motorcycle.
noun
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A designation added to the end of a name. For example, ".com" is the suffix added to commercial domain names on the Internet. See TLD and Internet domain name.
To add as a suffix.
verb
One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
noun
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Origin of suffix
- New Latin suffīxum from Latin neuter of suffīxus past participle of suffīgere to fasten underneath, affix sub- sub- fīgere to fix, fasten dhīgw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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