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Prefixes and Suffixes Guide

The document summarizes common English prefixes, suffixes and their meanings. It provides examples of how prefixes and suffixes can be added to words to modify their parts of speech, meanings and grammatical functions. Some common prefixes include "un-", "non-", "in-", "il-", "ir-", "im-" and "dis-". Common suffixes include "-able", "-ible", "-ant", "-ance", "-ence", "-ness", "-ful", "-less", "-ous", "-ly". When added to words, prefixes and suffixes can change words from adjectives to nouns, verbs to adjectives, and add meanings like negation, repetition or excess.

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Prefixes and Suffixes Guide

The document summarizes common English prefixes, suffixes and their meanings. It provides examples of how prefixes and suffixes can be added to words to modify their parts of speech, meanings and grammatical functions. Some common prefixes include "un-", "non-", "in-", "il-", "ir-", "im-" and "dis-". Common suffixes include "-able", "-ible", "-ant", "-ance", "-ence", "-ness", "-ful", "-less", "-ous", "-ly". When added to words, prefixes and suffixes can change words from adjectives to nouns, verbs to adjectives, and add meanings like negation, repetition or excess.

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Prefixes Word Suffixes Word E.g.

un- Adj Adj. (antonim) comfortable - uncomfortable


non- Adj Adj. (antonim) essential - non-essensial
in- Adj / N Adj / N (antonim) ability - inability
direct - indirect
il- L… legal - illegal
ir- R… regular - irregular
im- M/P… possible - impossible
mobile - immobile
un- V V (antonim) to load - to unload
dis- V / Adj V / Adj (antonim, negation) to like - to dislike
honest - dishonest
re- V V (to do s-th again) to read -to reread
mis- V V (to do s-th wrongly) to hear - to mishear
over- V V ( to do s-th excessively) to pay - to overpay
under- V V (to do s-th not sufficiently) to pay - to underpay
pre- Adj /N Adj ( before) historical - pre-historical
post Adj /N Adj ( after) war - post-war
anti- Adj /N Adj /N (against) cyclone - anti-cyclone
counter V /N V /N (against) to act - to counteract
action - counteraction
co- N N ( together) author - co-author
inter- Adj /N Adj /N (among) action - inter-action
ex- N N(former) husband - ex-husband
sub- N N (= "под-") group - subgroup
ultra- Adj Adj (super) short - ultra-short
en- N / Adj V large - enlarge
V -er N (profession) to buy - buyer
-or to direct - director
V -ee N (person who action is to employ - employee
directed to)
N -ist N psychologist
(person in political
and scientifical area)

N -ism N materialism
(political and scientifical area)

N -ish N ( nationality) Poland - Polish


-ese Japan - Japanese
-ian Italy - Italian

V -age N to marry - marriage


-ion to collect - collection
tion to direct - direction
-ation to combine - combination
-sion to submit - submission
-ssion
-ment to agree - agreement
-ure to press - prssure
-al to arrive - arrival
Adj -ant -ance N important - importance
Adj. -ent -ence N different - difference
Adj -ness N cold - coldness
Adj -ish Adj (shade) green - greenish
Adj -dom N (abstractive) free - freedom

N -ship N (abstractive) friend - friendship


N -hood N (period) child - childhood
V -able Adj (to show ability to eat - eatable
to do s-th)
-ible to convert - convertible

V -ante Adj to differ - different


-ent to resist - resistant
-ive to act - active

N -al Adj centre - central


N -ful Adj (to have some quality) beauty - beautiful
N -less Adj (without s-th) hope - hopeless
-ous danger - dangerous
-y sun - sunny
Adj ly Adv beautiful-beautifully
exaptions: good-well
hard-hard
fast-fast
early-early, late-late

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