-able - meaning and definition. What is -able
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What (who) is -able - definition

AFFIX WHICH IS PLACED AFTER THE STEM OF A WORD
Suffix morpheme; Suffixes; Suffixation; Desinence; Ending (linguistics); Suffix (linguistics); -able and -ible; -able; -ible; English suffix; Afformative; Word ending; Postfix (linguistics); Suffixes in English; Suffix in English; Derivational suffix; -oid; Inflectional suffix; Grammatical suffix; Suffixoid; Semi-suffix; -ness

-able         
-able combines with verbs to form adjectives. Adjectives formed in this way describe someone or something that can have a particular thing done to them. For example, if something is avoidable, it can be avoided.
These injuries were avoidable...
He was an admirable chairman.
SUFFIX
-able         
¦ suffix forming adjectives meaning:
1. able to be: calculable.
2. subject to; relevant to: taxable.
3. having the quality to: suitable.
Derivatives
-ably suffix.
Origin
from Fr. -able or L. -abilis.
-able         
·- An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

Wikipedia

Suffix

In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns, adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Suffixes can carry grammatical information (inflectional suffixes) or lexical information (derivational/lexical suffixes). An inflectional suffix or a grammatical suffix. Such inflection changes the grammatical properties of a word within its syntactic category. For derivational suffixes, they can be divided into two categories: class-changing derivation and class-maintaining derivation.

Particularly in the study of Semitic languages, suffixes are called affirmatives, as they can alter the form of the words. In Indo-European studies, a distinction is made between suffixes and endings (see Proto-Indo-European root). Suffixes can carry grammatical information or lexical information.

A word-final segment that is somewhere between a free morpheme and a bound morpheme is known as a suffixoid or a semi-suffix (e.g., English -like or German -freundlich "friendly").

Examples of use of -able
1. If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.
2. Snow said: "By following the money we‘ve been able to locate operatives, we‘ve been able to locate their financiers, we‘ve been able to chart the terrorist networks and we‘ve been able to bring the terrorists to justice." Agencies
3. "They ought to be able to vote; they ought to be able to have a job.
4. "People are able to influence organizations in ways they‘ve not been able to before," Gilbert said.
5. Once I‘m not able to work, I won‘t be able to buy it," Mary said.