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ENDING
ENDING. A grammatical or derivational element at the end of a WORD: -s added to horse to form the plural horses, added to sell to form the third-person singular sells; -ity added to central to form centrality. Elements like -s are often referred to as inflectional endings. Elements like -ity may be referred to as derivational endings, but are more commonly known as suffixes. Inflectional endings may or may not be classed as suffixes. See CLASSICAL ENDING, INFLECTION.
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TOM McARTHUR. "ENDING." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "ENDING." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ENDING.html TOM McARTHUR. "ENDING." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-ENDING.html |
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end·ing / ˈending/ • n. an end or final part of something, esp. a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie: the ending of the Cold War. ∎ the furthest part or point of something: a nerve ending. ∎ the final part of a word, constituting a grammatical inflection or formative element. |
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"ending." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ending." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ending.html "ending." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ending.html |
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ending
•scaffolding
•freestanding, hardstanding, landing, misunderstanding, notwithstanding, outstanding, standing, stranding, understanding, upstanding
•Harding, self-regarding
•undemanding
•heading, Reading, steading, wedding
•gelding
•ending, impending, uncomprehending, unoffending, unpretending
•sub-heading • heartrending
•goaltending
•arcading, grading, lading, shading, unfading, upbraiding
•exceeding, leading, misleading, pleading, reeding, self-feeding, sheading, unheeding
•Fielding, yielding
•inbreeding • stockbreeding
•forbidding, Ridding
•building • wingding • shipbuilding
•bodybuilding • outbuilding
•confiding, hiding, riding, siding
•wilding
•binding, finding
•paragliding • wadding
•corresponding • hot-rodding
•according, hoarding, recording, unrewarding
•sailboarding • snowboarding
•telerecording • videorecording
•Dowding
•grounding, sounding, surrounding
•foreboding, loading
•Golding, holding, moulding (US molding), scolding
•landholding • shareholding
•smallholding • roadholding
•wounding
•peasepudding, pudding
•underfunding • wording
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"ending." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ending." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ending.html "ending." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ending.html |
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