If you prefix a
re-to some verbs, you get an entirely different meaning.
•You can't prefix anything to some verbs.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
prefix — Something added at the beginning of a word to create a new word, for example, pre to filed for prefiled. A title preceding a name, for example, Mr. or Mrs. Feldman v Silva, 54 RI 202, 171 A 922 … Ballentine's law dictionary
prefix — I UK [ˈpriːfɪks] / US [ˈprɪˌfɪks] noun [countable] Word forms prefix : singular prefix plural prefixes 1) linguistics a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. For example, the prefix un is added to the… … English dictionary
prefix — pre|fix1 [ pri,fıks ] noun count 1. ) LINGUISTICS a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. For example, the prefix un is added to the word important to form unimportant. ─ compare AFFIX 2, SUFFIX 2. ) the … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prefix — [[t]pri͟ːfɪks[/t]] prefixes 1) N COUNT A prefix is a letter or group of letters, for example un or multi , which is added to the beginning of a word in order to form a different word. For example, the prefix un is added to happy to form unhappy … English dictionary
prefix — prefixable, adj. prefixal /pree fik seuhl, pree fik /, adj. prefixally, adv. prefixion /pree fik sheuhn/, n. n. /pree fiks/; v. /pree fiks, pree fiks /, n. 1. Gram. an affix placed before a base or another prefix, as … Universalium
prefix — 1. noun /ˈpɹiːfɪks/ That which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre in prefix, con in conjure. 2. verb /ˈpɹiːfɪks/ a) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.… … Wiktionary
prefix — pre|fix1 [ˈpri:fıks] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: praefixum, from Latin praefigere to fasten before ] 1.) technical a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning and make a new word, such as un… … Dictionary of contemporary English
prefix — pre•fix n. [[t]ˈpri fɪks[/t]] v. [[t]also priˈfɪks[/t]] n. 1) gram. an affix placed before a base or another prefix, as un in unkind, un and re in unrewarding[/ex] 2) something prefixed, as a title before a person s name 3) to fix or put before… … From formal English to slang
prefix — 1 noun (C) 1 a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning and make a new word, such as un in untie or mis in misunderstand compare affix 2, suffix 2 a title such as Ms or Dr used before someone s name 2 verb… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
prefix — noun /ˈprifɪks / (say preefiks) 1. Grammar an affix which is put before a word, stem, or word element to add to or qualify its meaning (as un in unkind), strictly speaking an inseparable form, but usually applied to prepositions and adverbs also …
con- — prefix assim. form of com before c, d, f, g, j, n, q, s, t, v, and sometimes before vowels. * * * I. see com II. combining form or cono Etymology: Greek kōn , kōno , from kōnos more at hone : cone … Useful english dictionary
