suffix
noun
- 1
(grammar) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
“The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".”
- 2
A subscript.
- 3
A final segment of a string of characters.
“The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".”
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verb
- 1
To append (something) to the end of something else.
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