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Adding Suffixes | Verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs can be formed from other related or base words by adding a suffix to the end of the word. There are no clear rules-each word and the words which can be formed from it must be learned individually |
-ment e.g.: recruit+ment=recruitment | used to form nouns which refer to an action or process or its result |
-ation;e.g.: accuse+ation=accusation -ition;e.g.:define+ition=definition distract+-tion=distraction provide+-sion=provision | added to verbs to form nouns showing action or condition |
rule+-er=ruler supervise+-or=supervisor | added to some verbs to form nouns which refer to people or things that do that activity |
acquaint+-ance=acquaintance interfere+-ence=interference | used to form nouns which refer to an action, a series of actions, or state |
arrive+-al=arrival | used to add the meaning "the action of " to a noun |
train+-ee=trainee | refers to the person to whom the action of the verb is being done |
ready+-ness=readiness | added to adjectives to form nouns which refer to a quality or a condition |
diverse+-ity=diversity liable+-ity=liability | notice that -able becomes -ability |
clear+-ify=clarify | used to form verbs meaning "to cause to become or to increase" |
general+ -ise/-ize= generalise/generalize | added to form verbs meaning "to cause to become" |
sustain+-able=sustainable neglect+-ible=negligigle | added to verbs to form adjectives which mean "able to receive the action" or "worth receiving the action" |
exclude+-ive=exclusive | added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "showing the ability to perform the activity" |
filth+-y=filthy | added to nouns to form adjectives meaning "like the stated thing" |
fruit+-ful=fruitful | having the stated quality to a high degree or causing it. |
speech+-less=speechless | used to add the meaning "without" |
nutrition+-al=nutricional | used to add the meaning "connected with" |
idealist+-ic=idealistic snob+-ish=snobbish | used to form adjectives that say what a person, thing, or action is like |
material+-ism=materialism | used to form nouns that describe social, political, or religious beliefs, studies, or ways of behaving |
violin+-ist=violinist therapy+-ist=therapist | used to form nouns that describe people with particular expertise, set of beliefs, or way of behaving |
sponsor+-ship=sponsorship | having the rank, position, skill, or relationship of the stated type |
immense+-ly=immensely heroic+-ally=heroically | to form the adverb |
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