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Definition of -ant suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-ant

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(in adjectives) that is or does something
- significant
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(in nouns) a person or thing that
- inhabitant
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- -able
- -age
- -al
- -ance
- -ant
- -arian
- -ary
- -dom
- -ee
- -er
- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -fold
- -ful
- -hood
- -ify
- -ion
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -ista
- -ite
- -itis
- -ize
- -less
- -let
- -ling
- -ly
- -ment
- -most
- -ness
- -oid
- -or
- -ous
- -ship

Word Originfrom French or Latin present participial verb stems.

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