affix
verb (used with object)
to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed byto ).
affixed
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past participleof affix.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof affix.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
affixverb (used with object)to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed byto ).
Example Sentences
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Hasan will be seated in a chair with a hood placed over his head with a paper heart affixed to his chest.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
A federal judge in May ordered Trump’s name to be removed from the center’s facade, where since December it had been affixed ahead of President John F. Kennedy’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They had transformed themselves from the ridiculed Clip Joint to a top-shelf NBA organization, but they now have been affixed with a scarlet eight letters that will follow them forever: cheaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
They affixed headshot cutouts of their parents from photos and placed them above paper cutouts of a wedding dress and a tuxedo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Lit windows, smoke from the chimneys, bunches of brightly colored corn affixed to the front doors as decoration for the upcoming Harvest Festival.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
