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That which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start
To determine beforehand; to set in advance

But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire .

to attach at the beginning
{n} a particle placed before a word
{v} to place before, fix, settle, appoint
Usually a 0 or 9 used to access an outside line before dialling a specific number outside of the internal telephone network back to index
Letters, numbers or symbols printed in front of the serial number on a banknote
A Host record field An optional string which follows the Host name in a Midgard targeted URL It may be seen as a prefix to the requested Page or as a suffix to the Host name Different prefixes enable separate virtual Hosts with the same Host name and port number
A method of arranging a demonstration so that, just this once, the program works
Digits 4 through 6 of the telephone number The prefix is also referred to as the NXX, a reference to its dialing format A prefix is also called a CO code
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement
an affix that added in front of the word
put or fix before, or at the beginning of another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement
one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure
Any signal of a floating point type denoted by the static name S
syllable, not independent word, modifying the meaning of the word before which it is put
A prefix is used as the first part of certain kinds of name A prefix is either a function call or a name
The leading digits of a telephone number
Generally an ESP group name or a logonid This item is used to identify and secure events
an affix that added in front of the word attach a prefix to; "prefixed words
To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently
set or appoint beforehand; settle or establish antecedently. [Obs.]
A letter or group of letters which comes before the serial number on certain license plates If the letter(s) come after the serial number they are called a suffix
a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning
Any character or group of characters used to specify a prefix search
attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"
a syllable attached before a base word (e g , un in unhappy)
The element prefix may contain some code put before the URL in the anchors href attribute
A prefix is a letter or group of letters, for example `un-' or `multi-', which is added to the beginning of a word in order to form a different word. For example, the prefix `un-' is added to `happy' to form `unhappy'. Compare affix and suffix
That which is prefixed; esp
A prefix is one or more numbers or letters added to the beginning of a code number to indicate, for example, what area something belongs to. To telephone from the US use the prefix 011 33 before the numbers given here
Prior to
A prefix is the first three digits after your area code
a morpheme that comes at the beginning of a word A prefix is a morpheme which can be added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning (e g un/done, over/done)
A prefix is a group of letters at the front of a word which changes the meaning of the word
a syllable or group of syllables attached to the beginning of a word or root to change its meaning (reprint, unpack, dislike)
The network-specific portion of a CIDR address The prefix identifies the network routing information, such as the network address or subnet information
{i} word or word stem used at the beginning of a word; title (as "Mr." or "The Honorable" before a person's name); word part added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning (Grammar); dialing code, area code (for telephones)
The leading digits of a telephone number When defining a call type, you can specify a prefix of any length to match calling line ID values You can also define a region that is a collection of prefixes If a calling line ID value matches multiple prefixes, the longest matching prefix prevails
{f} place before or in front of; add a prefix, add a word or word stem to the beginning of a word; set or arrange in advance
A string (see there) that is in the beginning of a word (see there) A prefix is a special form of an infix (see there) In content analysis that can be a single letter (or another character)
refers to operators that appear before their operand See postfix
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prefix notation
Polish notation
prefix notation
a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator precedes its operands
prefixed
Having a (specified) prefix
prefixed
Simple past tense and past participle of prefix
prefixed
Added as a prefix
prefixes
plural form of prefix
prefixes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefix
prefixes
plural form of prefixe
A prefix
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label prefix
character which indicates a label in electronic spreadsheets
prefixed
A word or code number that is prefixed by one or more letters or numbers has them as its prefix. Sulphur-containing compounds are often prefixed by the term `thio' Calls to Dublin should now be prefixed with 010 3531
prefixes
third-person singular of prefix
prefixes
plural of prefix
prefixing
present participle of prefix
prefix

    Hyphenation

    pre·fix

    Turkish pronunciation

    prifîks

    Pronunciation

    /ˈprēfəks/ /ˈpriːfɪks/

    Etymology

    () From Middle French prefixer (verb) and Late Latin praefixum (noun), both from Latin praefixus, past participle of praefīgō (“I (fix, fasten, set up) in front”, “I fix on the (end, extremity)”) (from prae- (“before”) + fīgō (“I fix”, “I fasten”, “I affix”)).“”, “”, and “” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary
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