Dictionary Entry
prefix
prefix is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
- 2transitive verb
To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.
- 3noun
That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.
- 4noun
an affix that is added in front of the word
- 5verb
attach a prefix to
"prefixed words"
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