PREFIX
\pɹˈiːfɪks], \pɹˈiːfɪks], \p_ɹ_ˈiː_f_ɪ_k_s]\
Definitions of PREFIX
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
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To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
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That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.
By Oddity Software
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A letter, syllable, or group of syllables placed at the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
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To place before, or at the beginning of, anything.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To fix or put before, or at the beginning.
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A letter, syllable, or word fixed or put at the beginning of another word.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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