Prepend

//pɹɪˈpɛnd// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of prepending.
Verb
  1. 1
    To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix. transitive

    "The final cleaned assemblies in GenBank were downloaded, and the contig identifiers were pre-pended with the sample name and haplotype integer (where 1 = paternal and 2 = maternal)."

  2. 2
    To premeditate; to weigh up mentally. rare, transitive

Example

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"The final cleaned assemblies in GenBank were downloaded, and the contig identifiers were pre-pended with the sample name and haplotype integer (where 1 = paternal and 2 = maternal)."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.

Etymology 2

From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”).

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