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-ably
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ate
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As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ence
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, dili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ency
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-et
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ist
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A noun suffix denoting an agent, or doer, one who practices, a believer in; as, theorist, one who theorizes; socialist, one who holds…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-let
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ling
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A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ment
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A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-or
unknown · 78% connection
A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
-ory
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A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Building
noun · 78% connection
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "wo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Circuit
noun · 78% connection
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Construction
noun · 78% connection
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Fabric
noun · 78% connection
The act of constructing; construction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Fabrication
noun · 78% connection
The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a governmen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Gerund
noun · 78% connection
A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
Hydrometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: noun, suffix, denoting, result, acted.
