AFFIX
AFFIX. An element added to a WORD, BASE, or ROOT to produce an inflected or derived form, such as -s added to house to form houses and re-added to write to form re-write. Affixed elements include the PREFIX (anti- in anti-war), the SUFFIX (-ity in formality), the INFIX (-m- in recumbent but not cubicle, a relic from Latin), and the INTERFIX (reduced and in sun ‘n’ sand). See DERIVATION, ENDING, WORD-FORMATION.
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af·fix • v. / əˈfiks/ [tr.] stick, attach, or fasten (something) to something else: he licked the stamp and affixed it to the envelope.• n. / ˈaˌfiks/ Gram. an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning. See also infix, prefix, suffix.DERIVATIVES: af·fix·a·tion / ˌafikˈsāshən/ n.
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1. A term in WORD-FORMATION for an AFFIX added at the beginning of a word or base to form a new word: re- added to write to form re-wri… Derivation , DERIVATION.
1. A process through which one WORD, PHRASE, or SENTENCE is formed from another: passive sentences (They were met by a friend) are often… admonish , admonish •banish, clannish, mannish, Spanish, tannish, vanish •garnish, tarnish, varnish •replenish, Rhenish •Danish •cleanish, greenish •diminish, f… Hyphen , HYPHEN The PUNCTUATION mark (-), which has two main functions in present-day English: as a link hyphen (or hard hyphen in printing terminology), join… ending , ending •scaffolding •freestanding, hardstanding, landing, misunderstanding, notwithstanding, outstanding, standing, stranding, understanding, upstand… Retaliate , re·tal·i·ate / riˈtalēˌāt/ • v. [intr.] make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack: the blow stung and she retaliated immediately. ∎ [t…
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