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affix
[ verb uh-fiks; noun af-iks ]
verb (used with object)
- to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed by to ):
to affix stamps to a letter.
- to put or add on; append:
to affix a signature to a contract.
- to impress (a seal or stamp).
- to attach (blame, reproach, ridicule, etc.).
noun
- something that is joined or attached.
- Grammar. a bound inflectional or derivational element, as a prefix, infix, or suffix, added to a base or stem to form a fresh stem or a word, as -ed added to want to form wanted, or im- added to possible to form impossible.
affix
/ əˈfɪkstʃə; ˌæfɪkˈseɪʃən /
verb
- to attach, fasten, join, or stick
to affix a poster to the wall
- to add or append
to affix a signature to a document
- to attach or attribute (guilt, blame, etc)
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Derived Forms
- affixation, noun
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Other Words From
- af·fixa·ble adjective
- af·fix·al [a-, fik, -s, uh, l], af·fix·i·al [a-, fik, -see-, uh, l], adjective
- af·fixer noun
- af·fixment noun
- reaf·fix verb (used with object)
- unaf·fixed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of affix1
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Example Sentences
But what we don't get from Rubin or Harris is why exactly Hagel refused to affix his name to the letter.
And he did, in fact, affix his Hancock to the tax increases in question.
We were taught impeccable manners—to this day I neurotically affix too many pleases and thank-yous to everything.
Conny stepped smilingly forward, and proceeded to affix the band around the vicar's massive throat.
Run a narrow velvet through the holes of the third row and affix wider velvet ends, or chenille tassels to each extremity.
Twelve different works he had before written and published, and all without the affix of his name.
Pitt proposed to provide for the royal assent by placing the great seal in a commission with authority to affix it to the bill.
Under each word the force of the prefix is usually given, though not the affix.
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