SUFFIX


Meaning of SUFFIX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌfɪks ]

( suffixes)

1.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters, for example ‘-ly’ or ‘-ness’, which is added to the end of a word in order to form a different word, often of a different word class. For example, the suffix ‘-ly’ is added to ‘quick’ to form ‘quickly’. Compare affix and prefix .

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2.

A suffix is one or more numbers or letters added to the end of a code number to indicate, for example, what area something belongs to.

These ships were all numbered with the suffix LBK.

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