suffix
| Letter or group of letters added to the end of a word in order to show its tense (‘passed’), to form the plural (‘children’), to change the part of speech (‘wonderful’ adjective; ‘wonderment’ noun), or to form a new word (‘sexist’). |
| Common suffixes are: -ing, -ed, -ness, -less, -able. |
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