prefix
IPA: prˈifɪks
noun
- Something placed before another
- (grammar, linguistic morphology) 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.
- (telecommunications) 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.)
- A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
- (computing) An initial segment of a string of characters.
verb
- (transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
- (transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
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Examples of "prefix" in Sentences
- This is the prefix of the template.
- The separable prefix remains in place.
- Add the name of these branches to the prefix.
- My focus is the removal of the titular prefixes.
- In Ottawa, the weak vowel of the prefix is deleted.
- The word metagenics uses the prefix and the suffix.
- The convoy prefix indicates the route of the convoy.
- The prefix field specified the class of instruction.
- The inflection is a prefix added to the postposition.
- Affixation is the addition of a prefix, suffix or infix to a word.