English Dictionary

suffix

/ˈsʌfɪks/

noun

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning. / (mathematics) A subscript. / (computing) A final segment of a string of characters.

I need to learn the suffixes in English grammar.

意味（1）

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

The suffix -able changes sing into singable.

意味（2）

(mathematics) A subscript.

意味（3）

(computing) A final segment of a string of characters.

The string abra is both a prefix and a suffix of the string abracadabra.