Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
They duly arrived at the prefixed hour.
(transitive)To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
His requests for money were usually prefixed by an apology.
You must prefix the number with the area code.
präfigieren, mit einem Präfix versehen, voranstellen
- attach a prefix to
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
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English prefixen, from Middle French prefixer, from Latin praefīxus, past partFrom Middle English prefixen, from Middle French prefixer, 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.
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Forms
prefixes, prefixing, prefixed, prefixedAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.