prefix
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Is prefix a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of prefix?
Definition
noun (English)
1. Something placed before anotherExamples: "The chosen prefixes won the vote in part because they start with the only two letters left in the alphabet that are not already used in measurement. The b for “bronto” is already used for bytes and h for “hella” is used for hecto, the prefix for 100."Synonyms: foresyllable, prefixumAntonyms: suffix
2. Something placed before anotherExamples: "in the UK, a number with an 0800 prefix is a toll-free number."; "Add the prefix +34 to dial a Spanish number from abroad"
3. Something placed before anotherExamples: "The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra"."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.Examples: "But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire[…]."; "It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments."transitive
2. (transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary