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Suffix has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

an affix that is added at the end of the word

"She learned how to change a noun into a verb by adding the suffix -ize to its end."

2

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

"The suffix -ness changed the adjective quiet into the noun quietness by indicating a state or quality."

Verb
1

attach a suffix to

"suffix words"

2

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

"The company decided to suffix its new marketing campaign directly after the holiday season sale."

Related Terms
Antonyms
prefix
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
affix ending

Origin

The word "suffix" comes from the Latin suffīxus, meaning "fastened underneath." It is formed by combining sub- ("under") with a form of fīgere ("to fasten").

Rhyming Words
fix unfix adfix defix refix infix affix mixfix hotfix disfix perfix biofix confix libfix subfix prefix bugfix postfix distfix overfix
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