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Word Building in English

The document provides a list of common English prefixes and suffixes and their meanings, along with examples. Some common prefixes discussed include "anti", "auto", "bi", "co", "contra", "de", "dis", "il", "im", "inter", "mis", "multi", "non", "out", "over", "post", and "pre". Common suffixes for nouns, verbs, and adjectives are also explained.

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Word Building in English

The document provides a list of common English prefixes and suffixes and their meanings, along with examples. Some common prefixes discussed include "anti", "auto", "bi", "co", "contra", "de", "dis", "il", "im", "inter", "mis", "multi", "non", "out", "over", "post", and "pre". Common suffixes for nouns, verbs, and adjectives are also explained.

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Word building in English

Here's a list of common prefixes with their meanings and some examples. anti (= against) antibodies, anti-social auto (self) autonomous, autobiography, automobile bi (= two) bicycle co (= with) cooperate, coordinate contra (= against) contradict, contravene de (= remove) deregulate, deselect dis (= not) disappear il (= not) illegal im (= not) immaterial, immature inter (= between) international mis(= badly/wrongly) misinform, misbehave, misunderstand multi (= many) multinational non (= opposite) non-profit out (= more than) outperform, outdone over (= too much) oversleep, overwork

post (= after) postpone, postnatal pre (= before) predict re (= again) rewrite, relive sub (= under) submarine super (= higher/improved) supermarket trans (= across) transatlantic uni (= one) uniform under (= not enough) underpaid, underfed

Word Endings Nouns


-er /- or: a person who does something adviser / advisor, teacher, learner -ian optician, mathematician -ment: result of action improvement, advancement -ism: name of system or belief realism, optimism -ist: the person who believes in the system realist, optimist -ion confusion, apparition -ness happiness -ship leadership

-ence / ance permanence, appearance -acy lunacy -age marriage -ity annuity -y photography -cy fluency

Verbs
-ify falsify, modify -ise modernise

Adjectives
-ic idiotic, periodic -ful awful, wonderful -able / ible comfortable, terrible -proof / resistant waterproof, childproof, fireproof -free alcohol free beer, nuclear free zone -less: without hopeless, childless

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