prefixed

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of prefix.
  prefix

  noun

  an 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 form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of prefix.
  prefix

  noun

  an 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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prefixed

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

On a Mac, hidden files and folders are prefixed with "." which the operating system places before A in alphabetical order.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2016

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

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