prefixed
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past participleof prefix.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
prefixnounan affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable. -
past tense formof prefix.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
prefixnounan affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
Example Sentences
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But the 26-year-old American does not take too kindly to the words 'self-proclaimed' being prefixed to her 'Greatest Woman of All Time' alias.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2022
Basic Care has a large Amazon logo right at the top, Stone and Beam notes that its products are “exclusively on Amazon,” and Rivet’s product names are prefixed with “Amazon Brand.”
From The Verge ● Nov. 30, 2021
Other Lamonts married descendants of the Plymouth Puritan William Bradford, Ned’s grandfather prefixed by nine “greats.”
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2018
His name is routinely prefixed with the words “superhuman athlete”—he’s the sort of person Jyri would want to model himself on.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2018
When prefixed to the name of an office, ex- denotes that the person formerly held the office named: as, ex-mayor, the former mayor.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton