prefixˈpri fɪks; priˈfɪks
prefix (v)
- present
- prefixes
- past
- prefixed
- past participle
- prefixed
- present participle
- prefixing
prefix (n)
prefix
English Definitions:
prefix (verb)
an affix that is added in front of the word
prefix (verb)
attach a prefix to
"prefixed words"
prefix (Noun)
That which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.
prefix (Verb)
To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
prefix (Verb)
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
Prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. For example, when the prefix un- is added to the word happy, it creates the word unhappy. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed. Prefixes, like other affixes, can be either inflectional, creating a new form of the word with the same basic meaning and same lexical category (but playing a different role in the sentence), or derivational, creating a new word with a new semantic meaning and sometimes also a different lexical category. Prefixes, like all other affixes, are usually bound morphemes.In English, there are no inflectional prefixes; English uses suffixes instead for that purpose. The word prefix is itself made up of the stem fix (meaning "attach", in this case), and the prefix pre- (meaning "before"), both of which are derived from Latin roots.
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