Suffix |
Added to |
Meaning |
Examples |
Class |
-ise |
nouns, adjectives |
cause to be N/A |
realise, emphasise, advise |
verbs |
-ate |
indicate, illustrate, generate |
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-fy |
satisfy, specify, clarify, modify |
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| -en | threaten, sharpen, strengthen |
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-tion, -sion |
verbs |
action/instance of V-ing |
education, function, position, decision |
nouns |
| -ment | agreement, movement, argument |
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| -ery | discovery, robbery, delivery |
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| -age | action/result of V |
breakage, package, marriage |
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| -ence/ance | dependence, interference, evidence, ressemblance |
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-al |
refusal, trial, proposal |
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| -ant/ent | person who V-s |
participant, student |
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-ity |
adjectives |
state or quality of being A |
activity, majority, responsibility |
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-ness |
consciousness, illness, awareness |
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| -cy | frequency, democracy, tendency |
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| -ism | nouns |
doctrine of N |
communism, Marxism, feminism |
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| -ship | state of being N |
leadership, friendship, citizenship |
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| -er | nouns, verbs |
person/thing concerned with N/V |
geographer, astrologer, magnifier, teacher, consumer |
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| -al | nouns, verbs |
related to N |
central, political, national |
adj. |
| -ent | V-ing |
different, independent |
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| -ive | attentive, decisive |
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-ous |
of N/V quality |
various, numerous, continuous |
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| -ful | with, full of N |
powerful, meaningful, useful |
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-less |
without, lacking N |
meaningless, homeless, pointless |