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Prefixes and Suffixes

This document provides a list of common prefixes and suffixes in English and their meanings. It includes 40 prefixes and suffixes and organizes them based on their part of speech functions such as noun to verb, adjective to noun, etc. Some key prefixes and suffixes listed include: - bi- meaning two - dis- meaning not or the opposite of - -age, -ation, -ion suffixes forming nouns that indicate a result or process of an action - -er, -or suffixes forming nouns that indicate a person who performs an action - -ness, -ly suffixes forming adjectives into adverbs

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Prefixes and Suffixes

This document provides a list of common prefixes and suffixes in English and their meanings. It includes 40 prefixes and suffixes and organizes them based on their part of speech functions such as noun to verb, adjective to noun, etc. Some key prefixes and suffixes listed include: - bi- meaning two - dis- meaning not or the opposite of - -age, -ation, -ion suffixes forming nouns that indicate a result or process of an action - -er, -or suffixes forming nouns that indicate a person who performs an action - -ness, -ly suffixes forming adjectives into adverbs

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Prefixes and Suffixes

Prefixes
Prefix 1. bi2. dis3. ex4. in5. il6. im7. ir8. inter9. out10. over11. poly12. un13. -al 14. -ful 15. -less 16. -ous 17. -tic 18. -y 19. -en 20. -ise 21. -ize $/ Meaning two not / the opposite of from before not Example bilingual dishonest / disagree ex boyfriend incorrect ilegal impossible irregular international outnumber overpopulated polygamy unhappy culture-cultural beauty-beautiful home-homeless danger-dangerous romance-romantic noise-noisy thick-thicken fat-fatten modernise modern modernize

Suffixes (Verb-Noun)
22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Suffix -age -ation -ion -er -or -ment Meaning Result of the action Process or result of the action A person who does Action, process or result of the verb Able to be Having this quality Making sb feel like this Having that particular quality A person who does... / nationality A person who does... Example marry-marriage educate-education connect-conection dance-dancer act-actor develop-development agree-agreement avoid-avoidable corrupt-corruptible bore-bored shock-shoking attract-atractive

between / among more tan / better than too much many not / the opposite of Related to Having that particular quality Without Having that particular quality Related to Having a lot of sth To become... To make sth become... To make sth become...

Suffixes (Verb-Adjective)
28. 29. 30. 31. 32. -able -ible -ed -ing -ive

Suffixes (Noun-Adjective)

Suffixes (Noun-Noun)
33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. -an -ian -ist -ance -ence -ancy -ency -ness -ly Mexico-Mexican history-historian art-artist permormance independence pregnancy presidency sweet-sweetness slow-slowly

Suffixes (Nouns)
Refers to action, state or quality

Suffixes (Adjective-Verb)

Suffixes (Adjective-Noun)
The condition described The way sth is done

Suffixes (Adjective-Adverb)

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