Dictionary of Prefixes and Suffixes: Useful English Affixes (English Word Power) - Softcover

Joshi, Mr. Manik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150050033X ISBN 13: 9781500500337

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Affixes, Prefixes and Suffixes

AFFIX
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to get a new word with a changed meaning.
Examples -
im- in impossible; inter- in international
-able in agreeable; -er in learner

English Affixes could be divided into two groups:

Prefixes and Suffixes

PREFIX
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to get a new word with a changed meaning.
Examples -
im- in impossible; inter- in international; un- in unaffected

SUFFIX
A letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to get a new word with a changed meaning.
Examples -
-able in agreeable; -er in learner; -ness in quickness

Sample This:

ENGLISH PREFIXES - A

a-
Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns
General meaning: not, without
Examples:
acellular / amoral / apolitical / atheism / atheist / atypical

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ad-
Used to form: nouns and verbs
General meaning: addition, tendency
Examples:
adjoin / adjudge / admixture

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ambi-
Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns
General meaning: both of two
Examples:
ambidexterity / ambidextrous / ambivalence / ambivalent

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ante-
Used to form: adjectives, nouns and verbs
General meaning: prior to; in front of
Examples:
antedate / antenatal / anterior / ante-room

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anti-
Used to form: adjectives and nouns
General meaning: against; the opposite of; preventing
Examples:
anti-aircraft / anti-bacterial / antibiotic / antibody / anti-choice / anticlerical / anticlimax / anticlockwise / anticoagulant / anti-competitive /anti-copying / anti-corruption / anticyclone / antidepressant /anti-drug / anti-encroachment / anti-extremism / antifreeze /anti-globalization / anti-graft / antigravity / anti-hate / anti-hero /anti-inflammatory / anti-liquor / anti-lock / anti-malarial /anti-national / antioxidant / antiparticle / anti-people /anti-personnel / antiperspirant / anti-poaching / antipyretic /antiretroviral / anti-rowdy / anti-sabotage / antiseptic / antisocial /anti-stalking / antitank / anti-terror / anti-terrorism / anti-theft /antitrust / antiviral / antivirus

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ENGLISH SUFFIXES - A

-able
Used to form: adjectives, adverbs and nouns
General meaning: that can, should or must be done; having the characteristic of
Examples:
adaptable / agreeable / amenable / amicable / appreciable / approachable /assessable / avertable / avoidable / believable / breakable / calculable / changeable / chargeable / comfortable / companionable / computable /conceivable / controllable / curable / decipherable / declarable /desirable / detectable / detestable / doable / enjoyable / escapable /excitable / explainable / explicable / exploitable / fashionable /foreseeable / graspable / honorable / imaginable / imperturbable /indubitable / inevitable / justifiable / manageable / moveable /noticeable / observable / payable / pleasurable / portable / preventable / punishable / quantifiable / questionable / ratable / reachable /readable / reasonable / reckonable / recognizable / reliable / reputable / respectable / serviceable / sociable / stoppable / taxable /traceable / transferable / translatable / transportable / understandable / usable / utilizable / variable / washable / wearable / workable

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-ability
Used to form: nouns
General meaning: a level of skill, intelligence, etc.
Examples:
capability / curability / excitability / inescapability / inevitability /playability / preventability / serviceability / unavoidability /usability / workability

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-ably
Used to form: adverbs
General meaning: skillful and well; in a particular manner
Examples:
affably / capably / charitably / comfortably / demonstrably / indisputably /inevitably / irritably / notably / noticeably / presumably / probably /reasonably / remarkably

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-acy
Used to form: nouns
General meaning: the position, quality, state or status of
Examples:
accuracy / adequacy

About this title

From the Author

"English Daily Use" Titles By Manik Joshi:

01. How to Start a Sentence
02. English Interrogative Sentences
03. English Imperative Sentences
04. Negative Forms in English
05. Learn English Exclamations
06. English Causative Sentences
07. English Conditional Sentences
08. Creating Long Sentences in English
09. How to Use Numbers in Conversation
10. Making Comparisons in English
11. Examples of English Correlatives
12. Interchange of Active and Passive Voice
13. Repetition of Words
14. Remarks in English Language
15. Using Tenses in English
16. English Grammar- Am, Is, Are, Was, Were
17. English Grammar- Do, Does, Did
18. English Grammar- Have, Has, Had
19. English Grammar- Be and Have
20. English Modal Auxiliary Verbs
21. Direct and Indirect Speech
22. Get- Popular English Verb
23. Ending Sentences with Prepositions
24. Popular Sentences in English
25. Common English Sentences
26. Daily Use English Sentences
27. Speak English Sentences Everyday
28. Popular English Idioms and Phrases
29. Common English Phrases
30. Daily English Important Notes
"English Word Power" Titles By Manik Joshi:

01. Dictionary of English Synonyms
02. Dictionary of English Antonyms
03. Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs
04. Dictionary of English Capitonyms
05. Dictionary of Prefixes and Suffixes
06. Dictionary of Combining Forms
07. Dictionary of Literary Words
08. Dictionary of Old-fashioned Words
09. Dictionary of Humorous Words
10. Compound Words in English
11. Dictionary of Informal Words
12. Dictionary of Category Words
13. Dictionary of One-word Substitution
14. Hpernyms and Hyponyms
15. Holonyms and Meronyms
16. Oronym Words in English
17. Dictionary of Root Words
18. Dictionary of English Idioms
19. Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs
20. Dictionary of Difficult Words

About the Author

Manik Joshi was born on Jan 26, 1979 at Ranikhet and is permanent resident of Haldwani, Kumaon zone of India. He is an internet marketer by profession. He is interested in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web designing (creating websites), and various online jobs (including 'self book publishing'). He is science graduate with ZBC (zoology, botany, and chemistry) subjects. He is also an MBA (with specialization in marketing). He has done three diploma courses in computer too. ManikJoshi.com is the personal website of the author.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 150050033X
• ISBN 13: 9781500500337
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 125