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Durie's Suffixes
Miss Durie's Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able, ible | Able to be, capable of being |
| -ade | Action or process |
| -age | Action or process |
| -al, -ial | Of, like, relating to, suitable for |
| -ance | Act, process, quality, state of being |
| -ant | One who |
| -ary | Of, like, relating to |
| -ate | Characteristic of, to become |
| -cle, -icle | Small |
| -cy | Fact or state of being |
| -dom | State or quality of of |
| -ence | Act or state or being |
| -ent | Doing, having, showing |
| -er | One who, that which |
| -ery | Place for, act, practice of |
| -esque | Like |
| -ess | Female |
| -ful | Full of |
| -ic | Relating to, characteristic of |
| -ify | To make, to cause to be |
| -ion | Act, condition, or result of |
| -ish | Of or belonging to, characterized by |
| -ism | Act, practice, or result of, example |
| -ity | Condition, state of being |
| -ive | Of, relating to, belonging to, tending to |
| -ize | Make, cause to be, subject to |
| -less | Without |
| -let | Small |
| -like | Like, characteristic of |
| -logy | Study or theory of |
| -ly | Every, like, characteristic of, resembling |
| -ment | Action or process, state or quality of, product or thing |
| -ness | State or quality of being |
| -or | One who |
| -ous | Having, full of, characterized by |
| -ship | State or quality of being |
| -some | Like, tending to be |
| -tude | State or quality of being |
| -y | Characterized by |