Prefix (definition)

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A prefix is an affix placed at the beginning of a word. The English re- as in reword or de- as in destabilize are prefixes.

See Also

External Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/prefixes.htm http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/prefix.htm

References

Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.