suffix

About 2.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

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

2. noun A subscript.
3. noun A final segment of a string of characters.

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

4. verb To append (something) to the end of something else.
5. verb To cause (something) to be appended with something else at its end.
6. verb To treat or use as a suffix.

Similar words

ending mention addon extension ender ose ase logy kan itis

Often followed by

is of in to and for that beginning meaning

Word family

suffixal suffixation suffixations suffixed suffixes suffixing