Suffixes and preffixes

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Noun Suffixes

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-ance -ence -er, -or -ation, -tion -ist, -yst -ness -ion -ing -ment -ity -ian -ism -dom -ship	state quality of a person who/a thing which   the act of a person who condition of action/state activity state, action state, quality pertaining to condition/state domain/condition condition/state	performance independence programmer, operator accumulator execution physicist, analyst, typist cleanliness conversion speaking, testing measurement electricity electrician, mathematician magnetism freedom relationship, friendship

Verb Suffixes

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-ize- -ate, -ute -fy -en	to make	computerize automate, activate, contribute simplify harden, widen

Adjective Suffixes

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-al, -ar, -k, -ical -able, -ible -ous, -ious -ful -less -ish -ed/-ive -ing	have the quality of   capable of being like, full of characterized by without like having quality of to make or do	computational, logical, circular, magnetic, automatic comparable, divisible dangerous, religious helpful careless reddish computed, punched, interactive programming, coding, processing

Adverb Suffixes

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-ly	in the manner of	logically, comparably, helpfully
-wards	in the direction of	downwards, forwards

Negative and positive prefixes

	Prefix	Meaning	Examples
negative	un- in- im-, il- ir- non-   mis- dis- anti- de- under- re- over-	not, not good enough   not connected with   bad, wrong opposite feeling opposite action against reduce, reverse   too little   do again too much	unmagnetized, unpunched incomplete impossible, illegal, irregular, irrelevant   non-programmable non-impact   mispronounce disagree disconnect antisocial demagnetize, decode   underestimate   reorganize overheat
positive

Prefixes of size

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
semi- equl- maxi- micro- mini- macro- mega-	half, partly equal big small little large large	semiconductor equidistant maxicomputer microcomputer minicomputer macroeconomics megabyte

Prefixes of time and order

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
ante- pre- prime- post- retro-	before     first after backward	antelocation prefix   primitive postdated retroactive

Prefixes of location

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
inter- super- trans- ex- extra- sub- infra- peri-	between, among over across out beyond under below around	interface, interactive supersonic transmit, transfer exclude, extrinsic extraordinary subschema infra-red peripheral

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