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Verb
/ˈsəfiks/,
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suffixes, plural;
  1. Append, esp. as a suffix

Noun
  1. A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative, e.g., -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis

  1. an affix that is added at the end of the word
  2. attach a suffix to; "suffix words"
  3. In linguistics, a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. ...
  4. A subsequence, substring, prefix or suffix of a string is a subset of the symbols in a string, where the order of the elements is preserved. In this context, the terms string and sequence have the same meaning.
  5. A name suffix, in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person’s full name and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office or honour.
  6. One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning, such as able, which changes sing into singable, for example; to append (something) to the end of something else
  7. (Suffixes) There are a many suffixes that can be of help in understanding anatomic terminology if you know their meaning. Here are a couple of common ones:
  8. (Suffixes) These and others are added to base designations to create complete designations. Many suffixes (i.e. M) have many meanings; only the most common modern-usage meanings are listed. Suffix meanings as applied to yard (Y) craft are not included in this list. ...
  9. (Suffixes) often change the grammar of the base word (environment/environmental)
  10. Suffixes come at the end of the word and also modify the meaning. Most medical terms have a suffix. "Acellular" is exceptional because it does not.
  11. A word part that is added to the ending of a root word and establishes the part of speech of that word (e.g. the suffix -ly added to immediate, an adjective, creates the word immediately, an adverb). See also Prefix, Root
  12. A suffix is a morpheme that is added to a word to create another word by derivation. Felon thus becomes a second noun by adding “-y” felony, and an adjective by adding “-ous” felonious.
  13. The last period-delimited component of an entryname. See the list of suffixes.
  14. n :  an affix occurring at the end of a word, base, or phrase. Compare prefix. See also affix.
  15. A numeric or alphanumeric string, beginning in position 15. It is the code that identifies grant supplement, amendment or a fellowship's institutional allowance. Suffix designation follows the grant year.
  16. that part of a string (see there) that forms the end of a string (see there). Search patterns can be defined as suffixes.
  17. A suffix is a morpheme which is added after a root morpheme in the formation of a word. See morphology.
  18. The tail end of a file name. Usually begins with a period, like .c or .ms.
  19. Used to denote the presence of proteinuria when staging CKD.
  20. suffix: The cattery name at the end of the cat\'s name, if any, indicating the cattery in which the cat resides. Usually preceded by \"of. ...
  21. Any suffix which must always be used when dialing from this location (normally left blank).
  22. phonics definition - a syllable or group of syllables attached to the end of a word or root to change its meaning (s, ed, ing)
  23. A type of affix that attaches to the end of another morpheme. Chapter 1.
  24. The end part of a word that follows the rootword (happily, enjoyable, referral).
  25. an auxiliary syllable that attaches to the end of a base or root word to change the meaning of the word. For example, arian (one who does) attached to discipline (direction or control) gives disciplinarian—one who exerts control or gives direction.