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
On a chilly day in March, a twice-deported Romanian national walked into a 7-Eleven in Toledo, Ohio, and secretly affixed a device called a skimmer to a credit card machine, prosecutors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
They rest on small folding tables, they’re affixed to the columns and palm trees that flank her front door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The planets were imagined to go around the Earth affixed to perfect transparent spheres.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
