Prepend
/pɹɪˈpɛnd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of prepending.
Verb
- 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 To premeditate; to weigh up mentally. rare, transitive
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More examples"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”).