postfix

[ verb pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks; noun pohst-fiks ]

/ verb poʊstˈfɪks, ˈpoʊst fɪks; noun ˈpoʊst fɪks /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR postfix ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object)

to affix at the end of something; append; suffix.

noun

something postfixed.

a suffix.

RELATED WORDS

addition, appendix

Nearby words

postexilian, postexilic, postextrasystolic pause, postextrasystolic t wave, postfeminist, postfix, postfrontal, postgame, postganglionic, postganglionic motor neuron, postgastrectomy syndrome

Origin of postfix

1795–1805; post- + -fix, modeled on prefix

Related formspost·fix·al, post·fix·i·al, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for postfix

And it will have to be a prefix, not a postfix; for what I may call the syntax of glyph formation must follow that of the speech.
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex|William E. Gates

British Dictionary definitions for postfix

postfix

verb (pəʊstˈfɪks)

(tr) to add or append at the end of something; suffix

noun (ˈpəʊstˌfɪks)

a less common word for suffix

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012