What are some prefixes?

Answer 1

Some examples of common prefixes:

• pre- (before) as in preview
• ante- (preceding) as in antebellum
• al- (all, or toward in place of ad-) as in always, alliteration
• con- (with) as in construct, converse
• in- (may indicate not, also im- and il-) as in indestructible, incapable
• un- (not or ) as in unreliable
• de- (undo or remove) as in deregulate, deflate
• dis- (undo or undone) as in disintegrate, disestablish
• re- (do again, repeat) as in review, reexamine

Prefix, to add something (usually a letter or letters) added at the beginning of a word to adjust or qualify its meaning. Some examples of prefixes are:

'un' as in undo, unwind, or unto.

'de' as in declare, deduct, or denote.

'dis' as in disassemble, dismiss, or discord.

're' as in remark, rebuild, or return.

'pre' as in prepare, precook, or premature.

'pro' as in promote, provoke, or produce.

Also:

The 'pre' in 'prefix' is also a prefix.
re-, pre-, in-, im-, un-, peri-, co-, con-, anti-, pro-, hemi-, de-, dis-, tri-, bi-, uni-, mono-, quadri-, ultra-, be-,
Examples of Prefixes:

anti- means against example: antifreeze

de- means opposite examples: decode, defrost, dehydrate

dis- means not or opposite of examples: disagree, dismount, discharge

fore- means before example: forecast

mid- means middle example: midway

non- means not example: nonsense

semi- means half example: semicircle

trans- means across example: transport

un- means not examples: unfriendly, unhappy

Answer 2

SI prefixes, also known as a metric prefixes, are names or associated symbols that precedes a unit of measure or its symbol to form decimal multiples or submultiples. SI prefixes are used to reduce the quantity of zeroes in numerical equivalencies. For measuring length (meter), volume (liter), or mass (gram) all prefixes are all the same. Femto (f) 10-15 One Quadrillionth

Pico (p) 10-12 One Trillionth

Nano (n) 10-9 One Billionth

Micro (µ) 10-6 One Millionth (greek letter 'mu')

Milli (m) 10-3 One Thousandth

Centi (c) 0.01 One Hundredth

Deci (d) 0.1 One Tenth

(one = initial value)

deka (dk) = 10 Ten

hecto (h) = 100 Hundred

kilo (k) 103 One Thousand

Mega (M) 106 One Million

Giga (G) 109 One Billion

Tera (T) 1012 One Trillion

Peta (P) 1015 One Quadrillion

Answer 3

Here are a few words that have prefixes. Disappoint

Unable

Kilometer

Disarm

Prefix

Suffix

Impossible

Misplace

Redo

Answer 4

Definition: A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. Common prefixes include anti- (against), co- (with), mis- (wrong, bad), and trans- (across). See also: Common Prefixes. From the Latin, "to fasten in front"

* circum = around

"Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk."

(Henry David Thoreau) *

* dis = apart, away

"Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears."

(Robert W. Sarnoff) *

* pre = before

"What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on [a plane] before you get on?"

(George Carlin) *

* "We're talking prefixes today. By my inaccurate and utterly unreliable count, contemporary lexicographers list 152 'dis' words and 161 'mis' words. The 'dis' list begins with the verb 'to dis' (or diss), meaning 'to treat with contempt or disrespect." It ends with 'disvalue,' i.e., to depreciate, consider of little value. The 'mis' list begins with 'misact,' which no one has ever seen in print or heard in speech. It runs on to 'misuse,' which happens to writers every day."

(James Kilpatrick, "To 'dis,' or not to 'dis,'" June 4, 2007) *

* "If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?"

(George Carlin) *

* "Lately the prefix trend has been shrinking. During the 1980s, 'mini-' gave way to 'micro-,' which has yielded to 'nano-.' In the new millennium, companies such as Nanometrics, Nanogen and NanoPierce Technologies have all embraced the prefix, despite complaints their products were hardly nano-scale (a billionth of a meter or smaller). Even Eddie Bauer sells stain-resistant nano-pants. (They're available in 'extra-large' for the retailer's not-so-nano customers.)"

(Alex Boese, "Electrocybertronics," Smithsonian, March 2008)

Pronunciation: PREE-fix
An example would be, in the word pro-democracy, pro is a prefix.

Answer 5

These are some I know :

un- that means not

re- that means again

dis- that means not

pre- that means before

fix- that means root

suf- that means after

Answer 6

misspelled

react

bicycle

tricycle

postwar and others

Answer 7

The prefixes come before the root word. Prefixes also have Latin or Greek meanings.