prefix
Something placed before anotherSomething placed before another: A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
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Meaning
4 sensesSomething placed before another
A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
Präfix, Vorsilbe
приста́вкаpristávka, пре́фиксpréfiks
пре́фіксpréfiks, при́ростокprýrostok, приста́вкаprystávka
A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)
in the UK, a number with an 0800 prefix is a toll-free number.
Add the prefix +34 to dial a Spanish number from abroad
A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
An initial segment of a string of characters.
The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
- an affix that is added in front of the word
Examples
7 sentencesTrans people didn't invent the prefix "cis-."
Relationship through marriage is indicated by the prefix "bo".
The prefix "cis-" has meant the opposite of "trans-" for a very long time.
I love how you can just verb nouns in English without a suffix or prefix.
A prefix is a letter or a group of letters that we add to the beginning of a word.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin praefīxum, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“toBorrowed from Late Latin praefīxum, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“to (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “to fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“to fix”, “to fasten”, “to affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix. Doublet of the archaic synonym prefixum.
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