1 (grammar) a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, such as un- in unhappy and pre- in preheat
compareAFFIX, SUFFIX
2 a word, letter or number that is put before another:
Car insurance policies have the prefix MC (for motor car).
3 (old-fashioned) a title such as Dr or Mrs used before a person's name
verb [VN] ~ A to B
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for prefix is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is prefix a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, prefix is tagged as noun.
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