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Innertide Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

-ish

hello everyone .

what is the use for the suffix -ish ? what does it mean ?

like two-ish .

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Hello, innnertide - and welcome to English Forums. '-Ish' means '-like', 'approximately' or 'sort of'. Two-ish means 'about two', and if the topic is the time, it means perhaps 1:50 to 2:10 or so, depending on the speaker's concept of promptness.

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  • Hello, innnertide - and welcome to English Forums.
  • '-Ish' means '-like', 'approximately' or 'sort of'.
  • Two-ish means 'about two', and if the topic is the time, it means perhaps 1:50 to 2:10 or so, depending on the speaker's concept of promptness.
  • ' Ish' is a very informal suffix, and can be added onto almost any noun, adjective or adverb on an ad hoc basis.
  • A prefix that is similarly used ad hoc is 'super '.
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Hello, innnertide - and welcome to English Forums.

'-Ish' means '-like', 'approximately' or 'sort of'. Two-ish means 'about two', and if the topic is the time, it means perhaps 1:50 to 2:10 or so, depending on the speaker's concept of promptness.

'Ish' is a very informal suffix, and can be added onto almost any noun, adjective or adverb on an ad hoc basis. A prefix
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I already had a vague understanding regarding the subject but I needed closure.

thanks in advance .
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thanks in advance
In advance of what??
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oops ! made a typographical mistake !

sorry
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