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Affix meaning

What does “affix” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“affix” is a noun and verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form.

affix

noun

  1. a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

verb

  1. attach to

    “affix the seal here”

    Synonymsstick on

  2. add to the very end

    “He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language”

    Synonymsappendadd onsupplement

  3. attach or become attached to a stem word

    “grammatical morphemes affix to the stem”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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