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5 Suffixes

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that are added at the end of a word to
change its meaning.

Here is a list of suffixes with their meaning and examples.

-able -age -al -an

capable of being action, process relating to belonging to
comfortable, pilgrimage bacterial, comical Indian, urban

portable

-ance -er -ful -ern

quality of being a person who does full of quality of

brilliance, reliance something beautiful, grateful western, southern
driver, teacher

-ess -ic -ible -ily

female having forming an adjective in what manner
hostess, lioness characteristics of reversible, terrible eerily, funnily,
comic, poetic lazily

-ity -ing -ism -ist
state of denoting an action state or quality a person who does an

activity acting, showing heroism action

artist, pianist

-ive -less -ly -ness

quality of without, not in what manner state of being
attractive, affected by clearly, happily kindness, weakness
expensive friendless, tireless

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