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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

Noun Suffixes

suffix meaning example

-eer engaged in something, auctioneer, volunteer,

associated with engineer, profiteer

something

-er someone who performs helper, teacher, preacher,

an action dancer

-ion the action or process of celebration, opinion,
decision, revision

-ity the state or condition of probability, equality,
abnormality, civility

-ing present participle of an laughing, swimming,

action/ gerund driving, writing

-ment the action or result of movement, retirement,
abandonment,
establishment

-ness a state or quality fondness, awareness,
kindness, darkness

-or a person who does distributor, investigator,
something translator, conductor

-sion state or being depression, confusion,
tension, compulsion

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