AFFIX


Meaning of AFFIX in English

(~ed)

1.

If you ~ one thing to another, you stick it or attach it to the other thing. (FORMAL)

Complete the form and ~ four tokens to its back...

I covered the scroll in sealing wax, and ~ed a red ribbon.

...special storage racks ~ed to the sides of buses.

VERB: V n to n, V n, V-ed, also V n prep/adv

2.

An ~ is a letter or group of letters, for example ‘un-’ or ‘-y’, which is added to either the beginning or the end of a word to form a different word with a different meaning. For example, ‘un-’ is added to ‘kind’ to form ‘unkind’. Compare prefix and suffix .

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