suffix
Dictionary
noun
- (grammar) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
"The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable"."
- A subscript.
- A final segment of a string of characters.
"The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra"."
Synonyms:affix
verb
- To append (something) to the end of something else.
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