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Suffixes are added to the end of an existing word. For example:
word suffix new word
-ish
child childish
-er
work worker
taste -less tasteless
-ize/-ise idolize/idolise
idol
-able
like likeable
The addition of a suffix often changes a word from oneword-class to another. In the table
above, the verb like becomes the adjective likeable, the noun idol becomes the verb idolize, and
the noun child becomes the adjective childish.
POINTS TO PONDER:
Some prefixes and suffixes are part of our living language, that people regularly use them to
create new words for modern products, concepts, or situations. For example:
Word prefix or suffix new word
bio-
security biosecurity
de-
clutter declutter
multi-
media multimedia
