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affix (enc)

Affix

Noun1.affix - a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
bound form, bound morpheme - a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
prefix - an affix that added in front of the word
postfix, suffix - an affix that is added at the end of the word
infix - an affix that is inserted inside the word
Verb1.affix - attach to; "affix the seal here"
stamp - affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
attach - cause to be attached
seal - affix a seal to; "seal the letter"
post - affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a warning"
plaster - affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
2.affix - add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
attach - cause to be attached
annex - attach to
3.affix - attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes afix to the stem"
attach - cause to be attached
prefix - attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"
suffix - attach a suffix to; "suffix words"
infix - attach a morpheme into a stem word

 

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