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pääte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • extension noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  • 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.
  • terminal noun A building where passengers board or leave planes, trains, or ferries.
  • termination noun The act of ending something, or the state of having ended.

Senses

pääte is used for these senses in English:

  • extension (computing) Ellipsis of file extension.
  • suffix (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
  • terminal (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
  • termination (grammar) The last part of a word.

extension — full definition

  1. noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  2. noun A small program that adds features to a web browser or other software.
  3. noun An additional telephone line within an office or building, or the short number that reaches it.

suffix — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. verb To add something to the end of a word, name or string.

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