PREFIX AND SUFFIX III
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ADJECTIVE-forming suffixes:
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Suffix
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Meaning
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Examples
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-al
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having the quality of |
computational, logical, technical
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-ar
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circular, rectangular, cellular,
regular
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-ic
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magnetic, automatic, dramatic
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-ical
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Electrical, musical, physical
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-able
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capable of being |
Comparable, doable, suitable
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-ble
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Divisible, visible, flexible
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-ous
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like, full of
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dangerous, insidious, miraculous
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-ful
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characterized by
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helpful, careful, useful
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-less
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without
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careless, meaningless, useless
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-ish
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like
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Yellowish, boyish, foolish
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-ed
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having the quality of
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computed, processed, fermented
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-ive
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Interactive, massive, collective
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2. VERB-forming suffixes:
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Suffix
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Meaning
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Examples
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-ize/-ise
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to
make
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Computerize, advertise, fertilize
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-ate
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automate, activate, calculate
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-ify
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Simplify, modify, amplify
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-en
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harden, widen, lengthen, shorten
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3. ADVERB-forming suffix:
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Suffix
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Meaning
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Examples
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-ly
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in
the manner of
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electronically, logically, comparably,
slowly, quickly, automatically, carefully
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