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-end

-end suffix: forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.

Suffix

-end

  1. Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.
    • addend, subtrahend, dividend
    Synonyms:
    -and, -ee, -ed

Synonyms of -end

Antonyms

Forms of -end

alternative form-and

Origin of -end

From Latin -endus, a gerundive ending, related to -andus.

Questions about -end

What does -end mean?
-end means forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.
What part of speech is -end?
-end is a suffix.

Words near -end in the dictionary

  1. -en
  2. -ence
  3. -ences
  4. -enchyma
  5. -ency
  6. -end
  7. -ene
  8. -ened
  9. -enes
  10. -ening
  11. -ennial

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