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suffix noun (suffixes) 1 grammar a word-forming element that can be added to the end of a word or to the base form of a word, eg as a grammatical inflection such as -ed or -s in walked and monkeys or in the formation of derivatives, such as -less and -ly in helpless and lovely. Compare affix, infix, prefix. 2 math an index that is placed below the other figures in an equation, etc, eg the n in xn. Also called subscript. verb (suffixes, suffixed, suffixing) 1 grammar to attach something as a suffix to a word. 2 to add (a suffix) to something. suffixation noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from Latin suffixus fixed underneath, from sub under + figere to fasten.
suffix noun (suffixes) 1 grammar a word-forming element that can be added to the end of a word or to the base form of a word, eg as a grammatical inflection such as -ed or -s in walked and monkeys or in the formation of derivatives, such as -less and -ly in helpless and lovely. Compare affix, infix, prefix. 2 math an index that is placed below the other figures in an equation, etc, eg the n in xn. Also called subscript. verb (suffixes, suffixed, suffixing) 1 grammar to attach something as a suffix to a word. 2 to add (a suffix) to something. suffixation noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from Latin suffixus fixed underneath, from sub under + figere to fasten.
suffix noun (suffixes) 1 grammar a word-forming element that can be added to the end of a word or to the base form of a word, eg as a grammatical inflection such as -ed or -s in walked and monkeys or in the formation of derivatives, such as -less and -ly in helpless and lovely. Compare affix, infix, prefix. 2 math an index that is placed below the other figures in an equation, etc, eg the n in xn. Also called subscript. verb (suffixes, suffixed, suffixing) 1 grammar to attach something as a suffix to a word. 2 to add (a suffix) to something. suffixation noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 18c: from Latin suffixus fixed underneath, from sub under + figere to fasten.
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