-ness
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Definitions of -ness word
- suffix -ness -ness is added to adjectives to form nouns which often refer to a state or quality. For example, 'sadness' is the state of being sad and 'kindness' is the quality of being kind. 0
- suffix forming noun -ness indicating state, condition, or quality, or an instance of one of these 0
- noun -ness state, quality, or instance of being 0
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Parts of speech for -ness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
-ness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
