Associations to the word «Suffix»

Wiktionary

SUFFIX, noun. One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
SUFFIX, noun. (mathematics) A subscript.
SUFFIX, verb. (transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.
SUFFIX TREE, noun. (computing) (of a string) a radix tree containing all suffixes of the string

Dictionary definition

SUFFIX, noun. An affix that is added at the end of the word.
SUFFIX, verb. Attach a suffix to; "suffix words".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats