Precise Meaning

Inflected Words


Prefixes Suffixes Word Endings
un- (negative) [unimportant] -ed (passive) [mixed] -* (noun) [father]
un- (reverse process) [untie] -ed (having part/feature) [pointed] -* (name) [Father]
re- (back) [return] -an (pertaining to) [Hawaiian Islands] -* (which is) [iron rod]
re- (again) [reread] -an (inhabitant) [Hawaiian friend] -* (pertaining to) [iron factory]
-an (language) [Hawaiian dictionary]
-al (pertaining to) [legal papers]
-al (according to) [legal speed]
-ic (pertaining to) [alphabetic letter]
-ic (according to) [alphabetic order]
-ize (cause to be) [crystallize]
-ize (cause to have) [colorize]
-tion (event) [action/invention]
-tion (subject) [attraction]
-tion (object) [invention]
-ure (art/science) [sculpture]
-ure (result) [sculpture]
-able (direct object) [readable]
-able (recipient) [teachable]
-ance/-ence (event) [resistance]
-ance/-ence (degree) [resistance]


* no characteristic word ending in English