Found 4 hits - Term: suffix, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suffix \suf"fix\, n. l. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten
on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. f. suffixe. see
fix.
1. a letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or
appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the
meaning; a postfix.
1913 webster
2. math. a subscript mark, number, or letter. see
subscript, a.
1913 webster
see also:
fix subscript
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suffix \suffix"\, v. t. imp. p. p. suffixed; p. pr. vb.
n. suffixing.
to add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a
word; to append.
1913 webster
see also:
suffixed suffixing
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
suffix
n : an affix that is added at the end of the word syn: postfix
v : attach a suffix to; "suffix words" ant: prefix
see also:
postfix prefix
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
113 moby thesaurus words for "suffix":
ic analysis, ps, parthian shot, accidence, add, addendum, addition,
adjoin, affix, affixation, afterthought, agglutinate, allomorph,
allonge, amend, annex, append, appendix, attach, back matter,
bound morpheme, burden, chorus, coda, codicil, colophon,
commentary, complicate, conclusion, conjoin, conjugation,
consequence, continuance, continuation, cutting, declension,
decorate, derivation, desinence, difference of form, double take,
dying words, enclitic, encumber, ending, envoi, epilogue,
follow-through, follow-up, formative, free form, glue on, hitch on,
immediate constituent analysis, infix, infixation, inflection,
interlineation, interpolation, join, join with, last words,
marginalia, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics,
morphology, morphophonemics, note, ornament, paradigm,
parting shot, paste on, peroration, plus, postface, postfix,
postlude, postscript, prefix, prefixation, proclitic, put with,
radical, refrain, rider, root, saddle with, scholia,
second thought, sequel, sequela, sequelae, sequelant, sequent,
sequitur, slap on, stem, subjoin, subscript, suffixation, superadd,
superpose, supplement, swan song, tack on, tag, tag on, tail,
theme, unite with, word-formation
Results 1 - 1 of 1 found about suffix: Suffix
>> S Words
Suffix, definition of term: Suffix
suffix_pag1.html
Last accessed:2008/11/21 20:10:54 [Total processing time: 0 seconds] |