Suffixes Flashcards
1
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ment
A
. a suffix of nouns that denote an action or resulting state
2
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tive
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detective, expletive. from Latin -īvus. Word Origin and History for -ive. sufix forming adjectives from verbs, meaning “pertaining to, tending to,” in some cases from Old French -if, but usually directly from Latin -ivus.
3
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ative
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The definition of ative is relating to or serving to. An example of ative used as a suffix is in the word informative, which means relating to give information.
4
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ive
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(forming nouns of adjectival origin): detective, expletive. from Latin -īvus. Word Origin and History for -ive. sufix forming adjectives from verbs, meaning “pertaining to, tending to,” in some cases from Old French -if, but usually directly from Latin -ivus.
