When writing an essay or talking to professionals, you’d probably like to impress your audience, which is impossible without using impressive vocabulary words.
Words are the backbone of the English language. You’ll fail to deliver your message without using the correct words.
But there are so many words in the English language! Some are old and some are derived from the French language, which makes English a bit tricky language.
Smart language learners will always start with learning easy and 5-letter words, such as 5-letter t-words before moving on to the long words. This simple technique helps people memorize the spellings of vocabulary words easily in a short period of time.
To help you gather an impressive vocabulary list, we’ve listed down 5-letter words ending with “eat” in this blog. Read on to learn more.
“Eat” is a verb and when added at the end of different strings of letters, it changes its original meaning. For instance, the meaning of the word “cheat” has nothing to do with the meaning of “eat”. Cheat means; acting unfairly to take advantage of someone (without letting the next person realize the unfair intentions).
What are suffixes?
In linguistics, suffixes are the chunks of words (i.e., -ed, -able, etc.) that are added to stem words for creating new words. In most cases, the suffixes can’t stay alone, meaning that they cannot be used without the root words. However, in our case, the word “eat” will sustain its meaning even if it isn’t attached to any root word.
Here is the list of more such words:
Yes, you can add -s, -ness, -ing, etc., to the 5-letter words ending with -eat for creating new words. Such as great + ness = greatness, sweat + ing = sweating, etc.
Eat is an individual word that holds a unique meaning. It can also be used as a suffix for creating new words.
The most common 5-letter words ending with “eat” are: treat, beats, sheat, sweat, etc.
