Suffix

noun

Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.noun(grammar) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

"The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable"."

2.nounA subscript.

3.nounA final segment of a string of characters.

"The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra"."

4.verbTo append (something) to the end of something else.

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