affix
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
affix (plural affixes)
- That which is affixed; an appendage.
- Synonyms: addition, supplement, Thesaurus:adjunct
- (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
- Synonyms: suffix, postfix
- (linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix
etc. - Antonyms: nonaffix
- hypo en
- (mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).
- (decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
- French: affixe
- German: Affix, Zusatzsilbe
- Italian: confisso
- Portuguese: afixo
- Russian: а́ффикс
- Spanish: afijo
- Russian: а́ффикс
affix (affixes, present participle affixing; past and past participle affixed)
- (transitive) To attach.
- Synonyms: join, put together, unite, Thesaurus:join
- Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food […]
- to affix a stigma to a person
- to affix ridicule or blame to somebody
- (transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
- to affix a syllable to a word
- to affix a seal to an instrument
- to affix one's name to a writing
- (transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
- eyes affixed upon the ground
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymn of Heavenly Beauty
- Look thou no further, but affix thine eye/On that bright, shiny, round, still moving mass,/The house of blessed gods, which men call sky,/All sow'd with glist'ring stars more thick than grass...
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