后缀 — meaning in English
hòu zhuì
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English meaning
- suffix noun A group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or its grammatical role, such as -ness in kindness or -ed in walked.
Senses
后缀 is used for these senses in English:
- suffix (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
suffix — full definition
- noun A group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or its grammatical role, such as -ness in kindness or -ed in walked.
- noun A short addition placed after a person's name or a code, such as Jr., PhD, or the numbers appended to a reference number.
- verb To add something to the end of a word, name or string.