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the letters added to the end of a root that change the part of speech of the word.
Suffixes can form verbs:
-en, e.g. strengthen
-efy, e.g. liquefy
-d, e.g. respond
-ate, e.g. liquidate
-ise, e.g. idolise
Suffixes can form nouns:
-ment, e.g. amendment
-ion, e.g. situation
-age, e.g. bondage
-ness, e.g. happiness
-ity, e.g. reality
Suffixes can form adjectives:
-ful, e.g. beautiful
-some, e.g. wholesome
-ive, e.g. responsive
-en, e.g. woollen
-able, e.g. digestible
Suffixes can form adverbs:
-ly, e.g. beautifully
additional information in a sentence given between brackets, commas or dashes, e.g. Mr Smith...
a shot in photography or filmmaking taken from above the subject and viewing the subject at an...
an abbreviation that forms a new word, made up of the first letters of a name, e.g. AIDS...
the arrangement of sounds and syllables in poetry into rhythmic patterns of strong and weak...
provides a straightforward fact, e.g. I will walk to town. She bought a new coat.