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What does 'prefix' mean?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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14y ago

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It is an addition to the beginning of a word or it is a small number or letter next to a larger number in math and chemistry.
The opposite of a suffix, its something that you would add to the front of a word. Like done, re-done.

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prefix is a set of letters you add (hence fix, which means to attach) to the beginning of a word (hence Pre which means before) in order to change the context of the word. Pre (before) - Fix (attached) so...attached before the word. ex.) moral: to have a standard separating right and wrong The prefix "A" means without lacking or not. So moral becomes Amoral: To be WITHOUT a standard separating right and wrong

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A prefix is either the first 3 digits of a phone number, or a part of a word that is added to the beginning of a word and changes the meaning of the root word. For instance, the word indigestion starts with the prefix "in-" which means "not." So indigestion means you are not digesting something.

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