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SUFFIXES

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SUFFIXES NOUN:

SUFFIX VERB – NOUN VERB – NOUN VERB – NOUN

-AL condition, quality arrive –arrival deny –denial refuse – refusal


approve – approval propose –proposal dismiss – dismissal

-ANCE / -ENCE action, state, condition or quality attend –attendance prefer – preference refer – reference
accept –acceptance insure – insurance exist –existence

-ATION / -TION action or resulting state educate – education eliminate – elimination combine – combination
inform – information declare – declaration immigrate – immigration

-SION action or resulting state confuse – confusion divide –division impress – impression
decide – decision revise – revision profess–profession

-URE action or resulting state depart – departure fail – failure press – pressure
erase – erasure enclose – enclosure legislate – legislature

-MENT state, act, condition agree– agreement employ – employment punish – punishment
pay – payment argue – argument govern – government

-AGE action, state, process break – breakage pack – package bag– baggage
post – postage pass – passage marry – marriage

-ING action, state, process bless – blessing write – writing end –ending
land – landing feed – feeding seat – seating
-ERY a business or trade, a behavior, a condition cream – creamery bake –bakery brew – brewery
slave (N) – slavery brave (Adj) – bravery machine (N) – machinery

II. Adjective Suffixes: 10

Suffix Meaning Example

-able, - preventable, adaptable, predictable,


capable of being
ible credible

-al pertaining to theatrical, natural, criminal, seasonal

-ant inclined to or tending to vigilant, defiant, brilliant, reliant

budgetary, planetary, military,


-ary of or relating to
honorary
-ful full of or notable of grateful, beautiful, wonderful, fanciful

-ic relating to iconic, organic, heroic, poetic

-ious, - gracious, cautious, humorous,


having qualities of
ous fabulous

creative, expensive, expressive,


-ive quality or nature of
pensive

-less without something hopeless, faultless, fearless, restless

made up of or
-y brainy, fruity, tasty, grouchy
characterized by

III. Adverb suffixes


IV. Verb suffixes

V. Suffixes Noun:

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