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suffixes
word knowledge
| Term | indicates | meaning | sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| able- or ible- | Adjective | capable of | agree; agreeable |
| age- | noun | act of | break, breakage |
| al- | advective | relating to | function, functional |
| ance- or ence- | noun | instance of an action | perform, performance, |
| ation- | noun | action, process | liberate, liberation |
| en- | adjective, verb | made from | silk, silken |
| ful- | adjective | full of | help, helpful |
| ic- | adjective | relating to, like | anemia, anemic |
| ical- | adjective | processing a quality of | magic, magical |
| ion- | noun | result, act of | legislate, legislation |
| ish- | adjective, noun | resembling | child, childish |
| ism- | noun | condition or manner | hero, heroism |
| ist- | noun | one who or that which does | anarchy, anarchist |
| ity- | noun | quality if or state of | dense, density |
| less- | adjective, noun | not having | worth, worthless |
| or- or er- | noun | one who does a thing | operate, operator |
| ous- | adjective | state of | danger, dangerous |
| noun | person | place | or thing |
| verb | expresses | an action or | state of being |
| adverb | modifies a verb, | adjective or | adverb |
| adjective | describes | a | noun |
| let- | noun | small one | book, booklet |
| ly- | adverb, adjective | like | fearless, fearlessly |
| ment- | noun | act of, process of | establish, establishment |
| ness- | adjective, noun | processing a quality | good, goodness |