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Prefixes and Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -s/-es | primarily used to turn singular nouns into plurals (e.g., cat/cats, bus/buses) or to conjugate verbs in the third-person singular present tense (e.g., run/runs, wash/washes). |
| -ed | "ED" most commonly refers to Erectile Dysfunction, |
| -ing | a versatile English morpheme used to form the present participle (verbal adjectives/continuous tenses) and gerunds (nouns indicating an action or process). |
| -ly | primarily forms adverbs from adjectives, indicating a specified manner, degree, or time |
| -er/-or | are both used in English to form agent nouns—nouns that indicate a person or thing that performs a specific action. |
| -ion/-tion/-sion/-ation | are used to turn verbs (action words) into nouns, indicating the act, process, state, or result of that action. |
| -able/-ible | "capable of," "fit for," "worthy of," or "inclined to". |
| -al/-ial | "relating to," "characterized by," or "connected with" a base word. |
| -y | the 25th and penultimate letter of the English alphabet, acting as both a consonant (e.g., yes, beyond) and a vowel (e.g., myth, my). |
| -ness | a headland, cape, or promontory of land extending into a body of water. |
| un | an international organization founded in 1945 to maintain global peace, security, and cooperation, |
| re | "again," "anew," "back," or "backward," indicating repetition or restoration (e.g., retell, rebuild). |
| dis | to treat with contempt, insult, or show disrespect, typically in public. |
| in-/im | Latin-derived negations meaning "not" or "opposite of," or as prefixes meaning "in," "into," or "on". |
| in-/im | Latin-derived negations meaning "not" or "opposite of," or as prefixes meaning "in," "into," or "on". |
| pre | meaning before, in front of, prior to, or in advance. |
| sub | lower rank, secondary status, or less than, |
| mis | a computer-based system that collects, processes, stores, and distributes data to support decision-making, coordination, and control within an organization. |
| non | "not," "other than," or "the absence of," |
| over | position above (the roof over our heads), movement across (jump over), excess amount (over $10), duration (over the weekend), or completion (the game is over). |