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See definition of prefixing on Dictionary.com
  • as inattach
  • as inpreface
  • as insubjoin

synonyms for prefixing

  • add
  • adhere
  • affix
  • connect
  • fix
  • hook up
  • link
  • secure
  • stick
  • tie
  • annex
  • append
  • bind
  • couple
  • prefix
  • rivet
  • unite
  • hitch on
  • hitch up
  • hook on
  • latch on to
  • make fast
  • slap on
  • tag on

antonyms for prefixing

MOST RELEVANT
  • detach
  • disconnect
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lose
  • remove
  • separate
  • unfasten
  • unfix
  • untie
  • disjoin
  • divide
  • disunite
  • divorce
  • sever
  • take away
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How to use prefixing in a sentence

There are two serious difficulties with this fourfold classification (isolating, prefixing, suffixing, symbolic).
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIR
The sex of the brute creation is most commonly denoted by prefixing the words Ibai, male, and Nzhai, female.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
The subjunctive is made by prefixing the word kishpin, meaning if.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFT
The Madrid papers, without prefixing his name with any slanderous adjectives, called him simply "the rebel chief Saldaa."
THE ENEMIES OF WOMENVICENTE BLASCO IBEZ
In this language, words are declined by changing the initial letters, or by prefixing an article with an apostrophe.
DISSERTATION ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGENOAH WEBSTER, JR.
If an unmarried woman is signing a business letter, she should avoid confusion by prefixing (Miss) to her name.
BUSINESS ENGLISHROSE BUHLIG
The passive participle is formed by prefixing to the verb the inseparable particle ter-; as ter-pukul, struck; ter-tulis, written.
A MANUAL OF THE MALAY LANGUAGEWILLIAM EDWARD MAXWELL
From many verbs are formed verbal nouns by prefixing the particle pe- (peng, pem, pen, peny) to the radical.
A MANUAL OF THE MALAY LANGUAGEWILLIAM EDWARD MAXWELL
Be-adab, unmannerly, a compound adjective (Hindustani) formed by prefixing the privative particle be- to the noun adab.
A MANUAL OF THE MALAY LANGUAGEWILLIAM EDWARD MAXWELL
Into each Ennead I have gathered the books that treat of the same matter, in each case prefixing the most important ones.
PLOTINOS: COMPLETE WORKS, V. 1PLOTINOS (PLOTINUS)
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