Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈpɹiːfɪks/
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/pɹɛˈfɪks/
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/pɹiːˈfɪks/
Noun
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.
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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.
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.)
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in the UK, a number with an 0800 prefix is a toll-free number.
Add the prefix +34 to dial a Spanish number from abroad
Something placed before another A title added to a person's name, such as Mr. or Dr.
Something placed before another An initial segment of a string of characters.
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The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".
Verb
To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
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They duly arrived at the prefixed hour.
But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire[…].
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It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments.
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.
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His requests for money were usually prefixed by an apology.
You must prefix the number with the area code.
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For the classical ranks, he says, were taken from the nomenclature of the family system (indeed, they are kinship terms as well as political ones), and this arrangement was confused and inelegant. But the Taiping terms are all prefixed with 'T’ien' [translating 天 (Tiān)]—the capital is T’ien-ching [translating 天京 (Tiānjīng)], soldiers are T’ien-ping [translating 天兵], officials are T’ien-kuan [translating 天官]—for the T’ien-wang’s [translating 天王 (Tiānwáng)] authority derives from the T’ien-fu [translating 天父 (Tiānfù)].
Noun
an affix that is added in front of the word
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Verb
attach a prefix to
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prefixed words