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AFFIXATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of attaching or affixing something
Synonyms:
affixation; attachment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("affixation" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affixation"):
graft; grafting (the act of grafting something onto something else)
Derivation:
affix (add to the very end)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Formation of a word by means of an affix
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("affixation" is a kind of...):
formation (creation by mental activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affixation"):
prefixation (formation of a word by means of a prefix)
suffixation (formation of a word by means of a suffix)
Derivation:
affix (attach or become attached to a stem word)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The result of adding an affix to a root word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("affixation" is a kind of...):
morphology; sound structure; syllable structure; word structure (the admissible arrangement of sounds in words)
Derivation:
affix (attach or become attached to a stem word)
