Infix

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  • transitive verb. To fix in the mind; instill.
  • transitive verb. To insert (a morphological element) into the body of a word.
  • noun. An inflectional or derivational element appearing in the body of a word. For example, in Tagalog, the active verb sulat, “write,” can be converted to a passive, “written,” by inserting the infix –in–, yielding sinulat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Something infixed; in grammar, an element having the value of a suffix or a prefix, but inserted in the body of a word, as practised in some languages.
  • To fix or fasten in; insert forcibly; implant firmly: as. to infix a dart; to infix facts in the memory.
  • To insert additionally or accessorily. See infix, n.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Something infixed.
  • noun. An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word.
  • transitive verb. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
  • transitive verb. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To instill.
  • verb. To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
  • noun. A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -i- and -o- in English. This adds additional meaning or alters the meaning of the morpheme it is inserted into.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an affix that is inserted inside the word
  • verb. put or introduce into something
  • verb. attach a morpheme into a stem word
  • Word Usage
    "An infix operator is an operator that is expressed using a mathematical notation called infix notation."
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