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    Common Suffixes

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    Common Suffixes provides a list of common suffixes used to form nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the English language along with their meanings. For nouns, suffixes like -acy, -al, -ance/-ence, -dom, -er/-or, -ism, -ist, -ity/-ty, -ment, and -ness can indicate a state, quality, position, doctrine, or one who performs an action. Verb suffixes like -ate, -en, -ify/-fy, and -ize/-ise can indicate becoming or making something. Adjective suffixes such as -able/-ible, -al, -esque, -ful, -ic/-ical, -ious/-

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    Common Suffixes provides a list of common suffixes used to form nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the English language along with their meanings. For nouns, suffixes like -acy, -al, -ance/-ence, -dom, -er/-or, -ism, -ist, -ity/-ty, -ment, and -ness can indicate a state, quality, position, doctrine, or one who performs an action. Verb suffixes like -ate, -en, -ify/-fy, and -ize/-ise can indicate becoming or making something. Adjective suffixes such as -able/-ible, -al, -esque, -ful, -ic/-ical, -ious/-

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    Common Suffixes provides a list of common suffixes used to form nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the English language along with their meanings. For nouns, suffixes like -acy, -al, -ance/-ence, -dom, -er/-or, -ism, -ist, -ity/-ty, -ment, and -ness can indicate a state, quality, position, doctrine, or one who performs an action. Verb suffixes like -ate, -en, -ify/-fy, and -ize/-ise can indicate becoming or making something. Adjective suffixes such as -able/-ible, -al, -esque, -ful, -ic/-ical, -ious/-

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    Common Suffixes provides a list of common suffixes used to form nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the English language along with their meanings. For nouns, suffixes like -acy, -al, -ance/-ence, -dom, -er/-or, -ism, -ist, -ity/-ty, -ment, and -ness can indicate a state, quality, position, doctrine, or one who performs an action. Verb suffixes like -ate, -en, -ify/-fy, and -ize/-ise can indicate becoming or making something. Adjective suffixes such as -able/-ible, -al, -esque, -ful, -ic/-ical, -ious/-

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    Common Suffixes

    Noun Suffixes Suffix Meaning Example -acy state or quality privacy -al act or process of refusal -ance, -ence state or quality of maintenance, eminence -dom place or state of being freedom, kingdom -er, -or one who trainer, protector -ism doctrine, belief communism -ist one who chemist -ity, -ty quality of veracity -ment condition of argument -ness state of being heaviness -ship position held fellowship -sion, -tion state of being concession, transition Verb Suffixes become eradicate become enlighten make or become terrify become civilize Adjective Suffixes capable of being edible, presentable pertaining to regional reminiscent of picturesque notable for fanciful pertaining to musical, mythic characterized by nutritious, portentous having the quality of fiendish having the nature of creative without endless characterized by sleazy

    -ate -en -ify, -fy -ize, -ise

    -able, -ible -al -esque -ful -ic, -ical -ious, -ous -ish -ive -less -y

    Verb Design

    Noun (person)

    Noun (thing, concept) Science Manufacturing

    Adjective Scientific Productive

    Produce Engineer Develop Innovate

    Producer Engineering Use Developer Innovator Inventor Innovation Invention Art

    Usable Developing Inventive Artistic

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