Suffixes

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Noun  forming suffixes
-Or : creotor,inventor,colaborator
-Er/eer : reader,teacher,interpreter
-Ist :  guitarist,geologist,communist
-Ty/ity : validity,enormity,extremity
-Dom : kingdom,wisdom
-Age : breakage,gruopage,haulage
-Ance/ence : cohorence,emergance,defences
-Hood : falsehood,maidenhood,statehood
-Ion/sion/tion/ition/ation: promotion,negotiation,position
-Ness : thickness,sickness,business
-ship : enternship,freindship
-ment : agreement,abasement,accompaniment
 Adjective-forming suffixes
-Able/ible : edible,incredible,audible
-Ic/atic : athletic
-Ful : playful,skilful,hopeful
-Y : funny,jealousy,beauty
-Less : powerlees,
-Ive/alive/itive : selective,informative,attentive
-Ous : paisanous,
-Ish : selfish,sheepish,squemish
-Ly : orderly,daily
                  Verb forming sufifixes
-Ize/ise : hypotise,publicise,synthesise
-Ify/fy/efy : justify,satisfy,magnify
-En :loosen,strengthen


                Adverb forming suffixes
-Ly : slowly,madly,happily,softly
-Ward/wards : towards,inward
-Wise/ways : likewise