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Prefix
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- 1 Something 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.
"The chosen prefixes won the vote in part because they start with the only two letters left in the alphabet that are not already used in measurement. The b for “bronto” is already used for bytes and h for “hella” is used for hecto, the prefix for 100."
- 2 an affix that is added in front of the word wordnet
- 3 Something placed before another; 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."
- 4 Something placed before another; A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
- 5 Something placed before another; An initial segment of a string of characters.
"The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra"."
- 1 To determine beforehand; to set in advance. transitive
"But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire[…]."
- 2 attach a prefix to wordnet
- 3 To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. transitive
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin praefīxum, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix. Doublet of the archaic synonym prefixum.
From Middle English prefixen, from Middle French prefixer, from Latin praefīxus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix”)), equivalent to pre- + -fix.
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