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Suffixes from the English language

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Term
Definition
able   able to be EXAMPLE: agreeable  
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age   act of, state of EXAMPLE: courage  
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al   like, related to EXAMPLE: personal  
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ance   act of, state of, quality of EXAMPLE: disturbance  
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ant   one who; inclined to EXAMPLE: informant  
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ary   related to; place for EXAMPLE: missionary  
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ate   state of, quality of; to make EXAMPLE: operate  
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cial   like, related to EXAMPLE: special  
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cious   full of EXAMPLE: precious  
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ed   in the past; having EXAMPLE: landed  
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ence   act of, state of, quality of EXAMPLE: occurence  
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ent   one who; inclined to EXAMPLE: consistent  
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er   person connected with EXAMPLE: farmer  
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est   the most EXAMPLE: greatest  
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ful   full of EXAMPLE: careful  
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ible   able to be EXAMPLE: reversible  
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ic   like, related to EXAMPLE: classic  
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ing   doing something; related to EXAMPLE: running  
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ion   act of, result of, state of EXAMPLE: opinion  
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ish   like, related to EXAMPLE: vanish  
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ism   state of, action of EXAMPLE: realism  
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ist   person who does EXAMPLE: artist  
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ity   state of, quality of EXAMPLE: oddity  
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le   verb, adjective, or noun form EXAMPLE: tackle  
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less   without, not EXAMPLE: useless  
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ly   in a manner that is EXAMPLE: safely  
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ment   act of, result of, state of EXAMPLE: argument  
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ness   state of, condition of EXAMPLE: kindness  
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or   person connected with EXAMPLE: inventor  
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ous   full of EXAMPLE: nervous  
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s   more than one; verb or adverb form EXAMPLE: books  
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sion   act of, result of, state of EXAMPLE: extension  
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sive   act of, quality of EXAMPLE: expensive  
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tial   like, related to EXAMPLE: partial  
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tion   act of, result of, state of EXAMPLE: action  
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tive   act of, quality of EXAMPLE: attentive  
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ture   act of result of, state of EXAMPLE: picture  
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y   like; full of EXAMPLE: thirsty  
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