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suffixation

/ˌsʌfɪkˈseɪʃən/ noun · British & US
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What does suffixation mean?

noun

The process of adding a suffix to a word, often to form a new word or to indicate a grammatical function. In linguistics, suffixation is one of the main ways in which words are formed and modified.

Example

"The addition of the suffix -able to the word happy resulted in the formation of the adjective happyable, which is not commonly used in English."

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