Meaning & use
suffix
A group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical form.
See it in a sentence
Adding the suffix "-less" to "hope" creates the word "hopeless."
Students learned how the suffix "-tion" turns verbs into nouns.
A note on using this word
Contrast with a prefix, which is attached to the beginning of a word instead of the end.
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