IMSE Suffixes

-able

respectable

• most

• state or quality of

• able to

• to make

-age

average

• most

• state or quality of

• action, process, or result of (n)

• to make

-al / -ial

additional

• relating to, having characteristics of (adj.)

• state or quality of

• action, process, or result of (n)

• to make

-ance

brilliance

• relating to, having characteristics of (adj.)

• state or quality of

• action, process, or result of (n)

• to make

-ant

attendant

compliant

• relating to, having characteristics of (adj.)

• state or quality of

• action, process, or result of (n)

• one who (n) or inclined to (adj.)

-ate

agitate, affectionate

• relating to, having characteristics of (adj.)

• state or quality of

• action, process, or result of (n)

• one who (n) or inclined to (adj.)

-ed

haunted, rolled, kissed

• past tense

• one associated with, recipient of

• to make (v)

• state, condition, action (n)

-ee

attendee

• past tense

• one associated with, recipient of

• to make (v)

• state, condition, action (n)

-en

awaken

• past tense

• one associated with, recipient of

• to make (v)

• state, condition, action (n)

-ence

absence

• past tense

• one associated with, recipient of

• to make (v)

• state, condition, action (n)