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Suffixes
Learn your suffix definitions
| Suffix | Usage |
|---|---|
| -dom | state or condition; dominion, position, or rank; a group with position, office, or rank |
| -ity | condition or quality of _________ |
| -ment | act of ____; state of ______; result of _____ |
| -sion,-tion | act of ____; state of ______; |
| -ness | state of ______ |
| -ance, -ence | act of ____, state of _____, quality of _____ |
| -er ,-or | one who _____; that which_____ |
| -ist | one who _____; that which_____ |
| -ive | doing or tending toward doing some action |
| -en | made of________ |
| -ic | characteristic of _____; like _________ |
| -al | relating to ____ |
| -able | able _______; can _____; giving _____ |
| -y | having _______ |
| -ous | full of _______; having ________ |
| -ful | full of _______; having ________ |
| -less | without _______ |
| -en | to make ______ |
| -ize | to make ______ |
| -ate | to have or be characterized by ______ |
| -ify or -fy | to cause, to become, to make |
| -ly | makes a adverb or occasionally adjective |