prefixed

Added before start

Prefixed describes something that has had a prefix attached to it—a letter, number, or word element placed at the beginning: Each code is prefixed with a two-letter country identifier.

The term applies both to linguistic elements (prefixed words like "unhappy" or "rewrite") and to any identifier given a leading marker: Phone numbers prefixed with 1-800 are toll-free.

linguistic

morpheme

Smallest meaningful language unit

affixationBinding morphemes to stems
derivationalCreating words via affixes
inflectionalRelating to word-form changes

morphology · etymology · lexeme · root · stem · grammatical · phonological · semantic · syntactic · word-formation

examples

pre-

Prefix meaning before

un-Negating prefix
re-Prefix for repetition
anti-Prefix for opposition

dis- · non- · sub- · inter- · trans- · multi- · bi- · tri- · semi- · pseudo-

attached

affixed

Firmly joined to

prependedAdded to the front
appendedAdded as supplement
joinedLinked or united

connected · bound · fastened · linked · conjoined · coupled · added · annexed · tacked · fused

modification

altered

Changed from before

changedMade or became different
modifiedChanged in some way
transformedFundamentally changed in nature

converted · adapted · adjusted · amended · revised · reformulated · renamed · relabeled · recoded · restructured

Opposites

position of attachment

prefixedsuffixed

Attached at end

appended · infixed

presence of prefix

prefixedunprefixed

Lacking an attached beginning

bare · unmodified · root · base · stem

order of placement

prefixedappended

Added as supplement

trailing · following

Phrases

telephone prefixRegional dialing digits
metric prefixScale indicator for measurements
SI prefixesStandard magnitude modifiers
Mac prefixApple product prefix
SI prefixUnit magnitude modifier
binary prefixComputing unit multiplier

Family

prefix, prefixes, prefixing, prefixation

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G