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What is a word part added to the end of that changes or modifies it meaning called?

That word part is called a suffix.

A suffix is a morpheme (a meaningful unit of language) added to the end of a word (the base or stem) to change its grammatical function or meaning.

Here are some examples:

* -ing: (verb) to indicate continuous action (e.g., walk -> walking)

* -er: (noun) to indicate a person or thing that does something (e.g., teach -> teacher)

* -ly: (adverb) to modify an adjective or another adverb (e.g., happy -> happily)

* -ness: (noun) to indicate a state or quality (e.g., kind -> kindness)

* -able: (adjective) to indicate possibility or capability (e.g., break -> breakable)

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