Prefix

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  • transitive verb. To put or attach before or in front of.
  • transitive verb. To settle or arrange in advance.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To add as a prefix.
  • transitive verb. To add a prefix to.
  • noun. An affix, such as dis- in disbelieve, attached to the front of a word to produce a derivative word or an inflected form.
  • noun. A title placed before a person's name.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A word or syllable, or a number of syllables, rarely more than two, and usually one (sometimes reduced to a single consonant not forming a syllable), affixed to the beginning of a word, to qualify its meaning or direct, its application: opposed to suffix or postfix, a like addition at the end of a word.
  • noun. The act of prefixing; prefixion.
  • To fix or put before; place in front; put at the beginning.
  • To fix beforehand; set or appoint in advance; settle beforehand.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification.
  • transitive verb. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing.
  • transitive verb. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. attach a prefix to
  • noun. an affix that is added in front of the word
  • Word Usage
    "A note from Noel Hinners: "Keith: "Re the discussion about "confusion" in the usage of the term prefix "nano", there ought to be absolutely no confusion., especially in our profession."
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    affix  
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