Definition suffix in American English

suffix noun

[countable] noun

/ˈsʌfɪks/

a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to make another, usually of a different word class. For example the suffix "-ness" is added to "happy" to make the noun "happiness", and "ful" is added to "hope" to make the adjective "hopeful"

Synonyms and related words

affix affixation anaphora

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