Word Formation ( A deep look how words are formed in English Language )
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
enable | ability | able unable | ably |
| absence absentee | absent | |
| accident | accidental | |
accommodate | accomodation | | |
acknowledge | acknowledgement | | |
act | action activity activist actress actor | active inactive | |
activate | activation | | |
add | addition additive | additional additive | |
| adequacy inadequacy | adequate inadequate | |
admire | admiration | admirable | admirably |
| advantage disadvantage | advantageous disadvantageous | |
advertise | advertisement advertiser | | |
admit | admission admittance | | |
adopt | adoption | | |
advise | advice advisability | advisable inadvisable | advisably inadvisably |
| affection | affectionate unaffectionate | |
affect | effect | effective ineffective | |
agree disagree | agreement disagreement | agreeable disagreeable | agreeably disagreeably |
| alcohol | alcoholic | alcoholically |
allow | allowance | | |
| ambition | ambitious | |
amuse | amusement | | |
annoy | annoyance | | |
excite | excitement | | |
| anxiety | anxious | |
apologise | apology | apologetic | apologetically |
appear disappear | appearance disapperance | apparent | apparently |
applaud | applause applauder | | |
apply | application applicant | applicable | applicably |
appoint | appointment | | |
appreciate | appreciation | appreciative | |
approve disapprove | approval disapproval | | |
argue | argument argumentation | arguable argumentative | arguably |
arrange | arrangement | | |
arrive | arrival | | |
assist | assistance | | |
associate | association | | |
assume | assumption | | |
astonish | astonishment | | |
attend | attendance | | |
| attention | attentive | |
attract | attraction attractiveness unattractiveness | attractive unattractive | |
avoid | avoidance | avoidable unavoidable | avoidably unavoidably |
-B-
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
base | base basic | basically | basis |
beautify | beauty beautician | beautiful | beautifully |
believe | belief disbelief | believable unbelievable | believably unbelievably |
bleed | blood | | |
| bravery | brave | |
breathe | breath | breathless | |
broaden | breadth | broad | |
brighten | brightness | bright | |
| brilliance | brilliant | |
burry | burial | |
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-C-
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
calculate | calculation calculator | | |
| caution | cautious | |
change | change changeability | changeable | unchangeable |
| child childhood | childish childlike | |
choose | choice | | |
circle | circle | circular | |
civilise | civiilsation civics | civil civic civilised uncivilised | |
classify | class classification | | |
enclose | enclosure | | |
collect | collection collector | collective | |
comfort | comfort discomfort | comfortable uncomfortable | comfortably uncomfortably |
compare | comparison | comparative comparable | comparably |
compel | compulsion | compulsory | compulsorily |
compete | competition competitor | competitive | |
complete | completion | complete imcomplete | |
compose | composition composer | | |
conclude | conclusion | | |
confirm | confirmation | | |
confide | confidence | confident unconfident confidential | |
confess | confession | | |
confirm | confirmation | confirmed unconfirmed | |
confuse | confusion | | |
congratulate | congratulation | | |
| consciousness unconsciousness | conscious unconscious | |
conserve | conservation | | |
consider | consideration | considerable inconsiderable | considerably inconsiderably |
construct | construction | constructive | |
consume | consumption | | |
continue discontinue | continuation discontinuation | continuous discontinuous continual | |
| convenience inconvenience | convenient inconvenient | |
converse | conversation | conversational | |
cook | cook cooker | cookery | |
correct | correction | correct incorrect corrective | |
encourage discourage | courage encouragement discouragement | courageous | |
| cowardice | coward | |
create | creation creature creator | creative | |
| crime criminal | criminal | |
criticize | critic criticism | critical | |
| curiosity | curious | |
| cruelty | cruel | |
| custom | customary |
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The following list does not include the adjectives derived from participle forms of verbs e.g.(verb)interest (adjective)interesting /interested nor does the list include the adverbs derived by adding suffix "-ly" at the end of adjectives. eg.(adjective) deep (adverb)deeply. |
-D-
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
damage | damage | | |
endanger | danger | dangerous | |
darken | darkness | dark | |
| day | daily | |
deafen | deafness | deaf | |
| deceit | deceitful | |
decide | decision | decisive indecisive | |
decorate | decoration decorator | | |
deepen | depth | deep | |
defend | defence defendant | defensive indefensible | indefensibly |
deliver | delivery | deliverable undeliverable | |
depend | dependence independence | dependent independent | |
describe | description | descriptive describable indescribable | |
destroy | destruction | destructive non-destructive | |
determine | determination | determined undetermined | |
develop | development | | |
dictate | dictation | dictatorial | |
die | death | dead deadly | |
differ | difference | different | |
differentiate | differentiation | | |
direct | direction director directory | direct indirect | |
discover | discovery | | |
discuss | discussion | | |
| distance | distant | |
distribute | distribution | | |
disturb | disturbance | | |
divide | division | divisive | |
doubt | doubt | doubtful | |
| dust duster | dusty | |
-E-
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| ease | easy | easily |
economise | economy economics | economic economical uneconomical | |
educate | education | educational | |
| efficiency | efficient inefficient | |
elect | election | | |
electrify | electricity electrician | electric electrical | |
embarrass | embarrassment | | |
employ | employment unemployment employee employer | | |
enjoy | enjoyment | enjoyable | enjoyably |
enter | entrance | | |
enthuse | enthusiasm enthusiast | enthusiastic unethusiastic | enthusiastically unenthusiastically |
equalise | equalisation equality inequality | equal unequal | equally |
except | exception | | |
exhibit | exhibition | | |
| expense | expensive inexpensive | |
explain | explanation | explanatory explicable inexplicable | |
explode | explosion | explosive | |
express | expression | | |
extend | extension | extensive | extensively |
| extinction | extinct | |
-F-
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
fail | failure | | |
falsify | falsity falsehood | false | |
| fame | famous infamous | famously |
| fashion | fashionable unfashionable | fashionably unfashionably |
fatten | fat fatness | fat fattening | |
| fault | faulty faultless | faultily |
favor | favor favorite | favorable unfavourable favoured favorite | favorably unfavorably |
fear | fear fearlessness | afraid fearful fearless | |
ferfilise | fertility fertiliser | fertile | |
fit | fitness | unfit misfit | |
fly | flight | | |
| foot footprint footstep | | |
forget | forgetfulness | forgetful | forgetfully |
forgive | forgivingness | | |
form | formation deformity | formative | formatively |
| fortune misfortune | fortunate unfortunate | fortunately unfortunately |
formalise | formality | formal | formally |
free | freedom | free | freely |
refresh | refreshment | fresh | |
| frequency infrequency | frequent infrequent | frequently |
befriend | friend friendship | friendly unfriendly | |
furnish | furniture furnisher | furnished unfurnished |
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-G-
VERBS | NOUN | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| generosity | generous | generously |
| gentleness | gentle | gently |
| gold | golden | |
govern | government governor | | |
| greed | greedy | |
| greed | greedy | |
grow | growth | | |
| guilt | guilty | |
And so on we can goes with the list with other words to see how they are form
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