| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pre·fix |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pr  f ks |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: pre·fixed, pre·fix·ing, pre·fix·es
1. To put or attach before or in front of. 2. (pr-fks) To settle or arrange in advance. 3. Grammar a. To add as a prefix. b. To add a prefix to. | | NOUN: | 1. Grammar An affix, such as dis- in disbelieve, attached to the front of a word to produce a derivative word or an inflected form. 2. A title placed before a person's name. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English prefixen, from Old French prefixer : pre-, before (from Latin prae-; see pre–) + fixer, to place (from Latin f xus, past participle of fgere, to fasten; see dhgw- in Appendix I). N., from New Latin praefxum, from neuter sing. of Latin praefxus, past participle of praefgere, to fix in front : prae-, pre- + fgere, to fasten. | | OTHER FORMS: | prefixal —ADJECTIVE
prefixal·ly —ADVERB
prefix·ation (-fk-s sh n) , pre·fixion (-fkshn) —NOUN
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