Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To attach.

    to affix a stigma to a person

    to affix ridicule or blame to somebody

    befestigen, anheften, anbringen

    прикрепля́тьprikrepljátʹ

    attach or become attached to a stem word

  2. (transitive)To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.

    to affix a syllable to a word

    to affix a seal to an instrument

    add to the very end

  3. (ditransitive)To fix or fasten figuratively.

    eyes affixed upon the ground

    stick or fasten to

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Please affix the address label here.

    deDas Adressetikett bitte hier aufkleben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Please affix a passport-sized photograph to this form.

    deBitte ein Passfoto auf dieses Formular kleben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Do not forget to affix the stamp to the envelope.

    ruНе забудь приклеить на конверт марку. — marafon

    deDenk dran, die Marke auf den Umschlag zu kleben! — Yorwba

  4. As a true testimony we affixed our seals to this letter.

  5. 'I'll be back soon' was written by hand on a piece of paper affixed to the office door.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to attach:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to attach:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere). B

Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere). By surface analysis, af- + fix.

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Forms

affixes, affixing, affixed, affixed
Base formaffix · to affix
3rd person singularaffixes
Present participleaffixing
Past simpleaffixed
Past participleaffixed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaffix
he, she, itaffixes

Past simpleLesson

all personsaffixed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave affixed
he, she, ithas affixed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill affix

Synonyms

42 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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