The act by which something is prefixed.

(linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to suffixing.

present participle of prefix

plural of prefixing

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

(transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance. / (transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.

Having a (specified) prefix. / Added as a prefix.

simple past tense and past participle of prefix

plural of prefix / plural of prefixe

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefix