-end

/ɛnd/Canada, US, UK, Scotland/-ɛnd/Australia, New Zealand/-end/

suffix

Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.

“add + -end → addend”

Similar
-and-ee-ed
Opposite
-er-or-ing
OriginLatin -endus →
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Meanings

suffix-end (noun-forming suffix, plural -ends)

plural -ends · alternative -and

  1. Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.

    add + -end → addend

    2 more examples

    subtract + -end → subtrahend

    divide + -end → dividend

    Synonyms: -and, -ee, -ed · Antonyms: -er, -or, -ing

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixForming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions.

Similar
-and-ee-ed
Opposite
-er-or-ing
Also see
-and

Origin

  1. Latin-endus
  2. English-end

Learned borrowing from Latin -endus, a gerundive ending, related to -andus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -end

sendendfriendrecommendweekendspendattendtrendextendtenddependblendbendamenddefendintendsuspendpretendlendappendtranscendcontendcomprehendoffend
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Sounds the same

end
Cite this entry
APA

-end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-end

MLA

“-end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-end. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-end,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-end.

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