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PREFIX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An affix that is added in front of the word
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prefix" is a kind of...):
affix (a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prefix"):
alpha privative (the negative prefix a- or un-)
Derivation:
prefix (attach a prefix to)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they prefix ... he / she / it prefixes
Past simple: prefixed
Past participle: prefixed
-ing form: prefixing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attach a prefix to
Example:
prefixed words
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "prefix" is one way to...):
affix (attach or become attached to a stem word)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
suffix (attach a suffix to)
Derivation:
prefix (an affix that is added in front of the word)
prefixation (formation of a word by means of a prefix)
Context examples:
A prefix indicating a quantity of one one-thousandth, 10E-3.
(Milli, NCI Thesaurus)
A courtesy title prefixed to the name of a married woman.
(Mrs, NCI Thesaurus)
A prefix used in binary numeral system for denoting a quantity of two raised to the power of 50, which is equal to 1 125 899 906 842 624.
(Pebi, NCI Thesaurus)
Prefix to indicate an analysis dataset that is not compliant with a defined ADaM structure.
(Non-Compliant ADaM Datasets Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A prefix used in binary numeral system for denoting a quantity of two raised to the power of ten, which is equal to 1 024.
(Kibi, NCI Thesaurus)
A prefix indicating a quantity of one thousand, 10E3.
(Kilo, NCI Thesaurus)
A cancer finding in the TNM system that is not specifically identified as a clinical, pathologic, recurrent (retreatment), or autopsy classification using an accepted prefix in accordance with TNM classification guidelines.
(Generic TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
A prefix indicating a quantity of one hundred, 10E2.
(Deca, NCI Thesaurus)
A prefix indicating a quantity of a hundredth, 10E-2.
(Centi, NCI Thesaurus)
A prefix indicating a quantity of one billion, 10E9.
(Giga, NCI Thesaurus)
