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1.3 Common Prefixes & Suffixes in English
1.3 Common Prefixes & Suffixes in English
Un
n
Im not
Ir-
Mis
wrong
Mal bad
Dis
opposite
action. opposite feeling
Anti against
De
reduce, reverse
7.over Too much
8. semi
half,
partly
equi equal
mini
micro
small
very small
macro
nega
large
inter
great
between ,
among
super Over
intra
within,
inside of
trans
across
ex
out
extra
sub beyond
under
intra
peri below
ante around
Pre
before
prime first
post
after
retro
backward
mono-
28.multi
Onc
many
29.pro- before, inadvance
30. co-
together
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with
31.con self
32.auto-
33.under- below
34.re- agan
cause TO
35.cn. cm-
Suffixes:
--State
ance
-ence -quality of
--a person who, a thing which
----er. Oor
---a person who.
-1st--.}yst
----pertaining to
----1an
--tion
---ation --the act of
----1ness --condition of
---action/ state
--101n
-ment --state/action
-------ity -state/quality
---ism .-condition/state
-dom -domain/condition
-condition/state
--shipP
----1ze/ise ---to makke
----ate
--ify
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--- lc
-ical --having the quality
----able ---capable of being.
-------ible
----Ous ---like, full of
.---less without
-------ful ---characterized by
----ish --like
-ed -having the quality of
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