Suffix

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. (Math.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See
        {Subscript}, a.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suffix \Suf*fix"\, 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suffix
       n : an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn: {postfix}]
       v : attach a suffix to; "suffix words" [ant: {prefix}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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