suffix

CEFRB1

/ˈsʌfɪks/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A final segment of a string of characters.

Examples

  • There are many situations in which this suffix might be used.

  • You just have to understand what sort of thing the suffix '-osity' is.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A subscript.

  2. A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

verb

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".

  • The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".

  • The praenomen and nomen for the most part consisted of simple stems with the suffix -us or -ius, […]

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Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin suffīxus (“suffix”), from sub- (“under”) + fīxus (perfect passive participle of fīgere (“to fasten, fix”)), equivalent to sub- + -fix.