- NESS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of NESS is cape, promontory How to use ness in a sentence
- Ness - definition of ness by The Free Dictionary
Define ness ness synonyms, ness pronunciation, ness translation, English dictionary definition of ness n A cape or headland American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
- -NESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
-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
- -ness - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
-ness Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)"
- ness, n. ¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun ness See ‘Meaning use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence How common is the noun ness? How is the noun ness pronounced? Where does the noun ness come from? The earliest known use of the noun ness is in the Old English period (pre-1150) ness is a word inherited from Germanic
- Ness Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
State, quality, or instance of being Togetherness, sadness Old English næs; cognate with Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs Related to nose Much has been written about the impressive ness of Himalayan scenery The state's governor there was always is broader which dochfour loch ness
- Ness - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
-ness, a native English suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; kindness; obligingness; preparedness
- ness - Definition and Meaning
A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin, used to form, from adjectives, nouns denoting the abstract quality of the adjective, as goodness, sweetness, whiteness, humbleness, hopefulness, spiritualness, crookedness, neglectedness, obligingness, the quality or state of being good, sweet, white, etc A promontory; a cape; a headland
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