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Common Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -s and -es | plurals |
| -ed | past tense |
| -ing | verb form, present |
| -ly | characterized by |
| -er | comparative or person connected with |
| -est | superlative, the most |
| -or | person connected with |
| -ion | act of, process of |
| -al | having a characteristics of |
| -y | characterized by |
| -ness | state of, condition of |
| -ment | result of an action |
| -able, -ible | can be done |
| -ate | do |
| -ful | full of |
| -less | without |
| -ive | adjective form of a noun |
| -ous | possessing the qualities of, full of |
| -us | possessing the qualities of |
| -ure | process of |
| -ence, -ance | action or process, quality or state |
| -ade | denoting action or process |
| -ist | one that works with |
| -ic | having characteristics of |
| -en | made of |
| -ize | become |
| -ty | state of |
| -fy, -ify | to make a particular state or condition |
| -ism | the act or process of doing something |
| -ory | related to, characterized by |
| -ial -ile | relating to, the kind of |
| --ary | belonging to or connected to |
| -age | a condition |
| -ward | showing direction |
| -ess | feminine |
| -hood | condition, state or quality |
| -ish | origin, nature, resembling |