suffix
Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
something added to the end of something else.
Grammar. to add as a suffix.
to affix at the end of something.
to fix or put under.
to admit a suffix.
to add a suffix.
Origin of suffix
1Other words from suffix
- suf·fix·al [suhf-ik-suhl, suh-fik-], /ˈsʌf ɪk səl, səˈfɪk-/, adjective
- suf·fix·a·tion [suhf-ik-sey-shuhn], /ˌsʌf ɪkˈseɪ ʃən/, suf·fix·ion [suh-fik-shuhn], /səˈfɪk ʃən/, noun
- un·suf·fixed, adjective
Words Nearby suffix
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How to use suffix in a sentence
Follows the rule of a place name ending in K getting an -er suffix.
From Chicagoan to Phoenician, here’s what to call the residents of the biggest US cities | John Kennedy | July 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis is because of a language process called derivational morphology, which controls what suffixes we add to the ends of words to create new ones.
From Chicagoan to Phoenician, here’s what to call the residents of the biggest US cities | John Kennedy | July 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIt’s a term the protesting doctors have coined by combining the word “mix” and the suffix “pathy,” or disease.
Indian doctors strike to save “modern medicine” from a risky fusion with alternative medicine | Niharika Sharma | December 11, 2020 | Quartz“I think Spire is just the suffix,” said Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi.
At a later time, wonder, when thus used adverbially, received the adverbial suffix -s; hence Th.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
When the exact sense was lost, the suffix -al seemed to be adjectival, and the word dismal became at last an adjective.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThis suffix is the equivalent of the French -age, and is a suffix of frequent occurrence in forming new words.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerI have a list now before me of 521 places with this suffix, distributed over twenty-five counties.
Exeter, Wroxeter and perhaps Uttoxeter show the suffix in slightly different form.
British Dictionary definitions for suffix
grammar an affix that follows the stem to which it is attached, as for example -s and -ness in dogs and softness: Compare prefix (def. 1)
anything that is added at the end of something else
(tr) grammar to add (a morpheme) as a suffix to the end of a word
(tr) to add (something) at the end of a sentence, comment, or piece of writing
Origin of suffix
1Derived forms of suffix
- suffixal (ˈsʌfɪksəl), adjective
- suffixion (sʌˈfɪkʃən), noun
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Cultural definitions for suffix
A letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. For example, adding the suffix -ter to the adjective hot turns it into the comparative adjective hotter, and adding the suffix -ly to the adjective quick turns it into the adverb quickly. Other examples of words with suffixes are: “willing,” “management,” “serviceable,” “harmonize,” and “joyful.” (Compare prefix.)
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