英语词汇“prefix”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

prefixprefix1 /ˈpriˌfɪks/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYprefix¹

Origin: 1600-1700 Modern Latin praefixum, from Latin praefigere to fasten before

1eng. lang. arts 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” → see also affix2, suffix2the first group of numbers in a telephone number3a title such as “Ms.” or “Dr.” used before someone’s name [Origin: 1600–1700 Modern Latin praefixum, from Latin praefigere to fasten before]

noun | verb

prefixprefix2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYprefix²

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French prefixer, from fixer to fix

VERB TABLE

prefix

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	prefix
	he, she, it	prefixes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prefixed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prefixed
	he, she, it	has prefixed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prefixed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will prefix
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prefixed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am prefixing
	he, she, it	is prefixing
	you, we, they	are prefixing
Past	I, he, she, it	was prefixing
	you, we, they	were prefixing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been prefixing
	he, she, it	has been prefixing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been prefixing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be prefixing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been prefixing

1eng. lang. arts to add a prefix to a word, name, or set of numbers2formal to say something before the main part of what you have to say SYN preface