Suffix

/ˈsʌfɪks/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
2. (mathematics) A subscript.
3. (computing) A final segment of a string of characters.
4. (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

Example Sentences

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, […]

Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word? […] In other words, the writer would not write or “key” a certain Ithkuil symbol, but rather would select a particular root from a database and identify the particular forms of the 22 morphological categories which apply to the root as well as any suffixes.

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

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Antonyms for suffix

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Word Forms

• suffixes
• suffixing
• suffixed

Usage Notes

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