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Suffixes

(grammar) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

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📖 Definitions of "Suffixes"

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"."

verb

1
To append (something) to the end of something else.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Suffixes"

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Word	Definition
endingnoun	A termination or conclusion.
annotationsnoun	A comment added to a text.
prefixesnoun	(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
inflectional suffixnoun	An ending, a suffix added to a word and forming part of a declensional or conjugational paradigm.
prefixnoun	(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
adjectivesnoun	(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
attributivesnoun	(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
attributivenoun	(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
adjectival	(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
modifiersnoun	(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
nounsnoun	the first studio album by American noise rock duo No Age.
descriptorsnoun	That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
prefix notationnoun	Polish notation
abbreviatesverb	(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
derivatesnoun	Something derived; a derivative.
prefixedverb	Having a (specified) prefix.
abbreviationsnoun	(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
prefixal	(linguistics, of a form) That is modified by the addition of a prefix.
modifiernoun	(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)
abbreviationnoun	(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.