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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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suffix
Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal, morpheme
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Qualifier: now rarely productive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. More at -ing.
From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end.
