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								American List of Suffixes -- American English -- Page 5
							
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| Suffix | Meaning | Examples | Used | 
| ous, ious | full of | joyous, marvelous, furious | 1615 | 
| ship | quality of or state of rank of | friendship, leadership governorship, lordship | 214 | 
| scope | instrument for seeing | telescope, microscope | 79 | 
| some | like | tiresome, lonesome | 83 | 
| tion, sion | action, state of being | condition, attention, fusion | 3111 | 
| ty | quality or state of | liberty, majesty | 2630 | 
| ward | toward | southward, forward | 111 | 
| y | like, full of action of diminutive, endearing | noisy, sooty, jealousy inquiry kitty, Billy | 5440 |