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1.
A ~ 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 ~ ‘-ly’ is added to ‘quick’ to form ‘quickly’. Compare affix and prefix .
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2.
A ~ 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 ~ LBK.
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