Dictionary Entry
affix
affix is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.
- 2transitive verb
To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
- 3transitive verb
To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
- 4transitive verb
To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.
- 5noun
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
- 6noun
a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
- 7verb
attach or become attached to a stem word
"grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"
- 8verb
add to the very end
"He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
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- 9verb
attach to
"affix the seal here"
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