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    A Prefix Is An Affix Which Is Placed Before The Stem of A Word

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    A prefix is an affix placed before the stem of a word that can alter its meaning. Common prefixes include "ante-" meaning before, "anti-" meaning against or opposing, and "contra-" meaning against or opposite. A suffix is an affix placed after the stem of a word and can provide grammatical information through inflectional suffixes or change word categories with derivational suffixes. Examples of suffixes include "-able" and "-ible" to form adjectives, "-ful" to indicate being full of something, and "-ness" to indicate a state or condition. Together, prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning or function of words in a language.

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    A prefix is an affix placed before the stem of a word that can alter its meaning. Common prefixes include "ante-" meaning before, "anti-" meaning against or opposing, and "contra-" meaning against or opposite. A suffix is an affix placed after the stem of a word and can provide grammatical information through inflectional suffixes or change word categories with derivational suffixes. Examples of suffixes include "-able" and "-ible" to form adjectives, "-ful" to indicate being full of something, and "-ness" to indicate a state or condition. Together, prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning or function of words in a language.

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    A prefix is an affix placed before the stem of a word that can alter its meaning. Common prefixes include "ante-" meaning before, "anti-" meaning against or opposing, and "contra-" meaning against or opposite. A suffix is an affix placed after the stem of a word and can provide grammatical information through inflectional suffixes or change word categories with derivational suffixes. Examples of suffixes include "-able" and "-ible" to form adjectives, "-ful" to indicate being full of something, and "-ness" to indicate a state or condition. Together, prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning or function of words in a language.

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    A prefix is an affix placed before the stem of a word that can alter its meaning. Common prefixes include "ante-" meaning before, "anti-" meaning against or opposing, and "contra-" meaning against or opposite. A suffix is an affix placed after the stem of a word and can provide grammatical information through inflectional suffixes or change word categories with derivational suffixes. Examples of suffixes include "-able" and "-ible" to form adjectives, "-ful" to indicate being full of something, and "-ness" to indicate a state or condition. Together, prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning or function of words in a language.

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    Prefix

    A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Particularly in the study of
    Semitic languages, a prefix is called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to
    which it is affixed.

    Examples:

    Prefix Meaning Examples


    ante- before, preceding antecedent, ante-room
    anti-also ant- opposing, against, the opposite anti-aircraft, antibiotic, anticlimax, Antarctic
    contra- against, opposite contraceptive
    counter- opposition, opposite direction counter-attack, counteract
    dia-also di- through, across diagonal
    extra- outside, beyond extracurricular
    hemi- half hemisphere
    beyond, more than, more than
    hyper- hypersonic, hyperactive
    normal
    infra- below infrared, infrastructure
    peri- round, about perimeter

    Suffix

    In linguistics, a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending) is an affix which is placed after
    the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of
    nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Particularly in the
    study of Semitic languages, a suffix is called an afformative, as they can alter the form of the
    words to which they are fixed. In Indo-European studies, a distinction is made between suffixes
    and endings (see Proto-Indo-European root).

    Suffixes can carry grammatical information (inflectional suffixes) or lexical information


    (derivational suffixes). An inflectional suffix is sometimes called a desinence

    Suffix Meaning Examples


    capable of
    able, ible portable, legible
    (adjective suffix)
    -ful full of, having some or much hopeful , useful
    -holic love , addiction alcoholic
    -ism doctrine, act, practice, condition Protestantism , alcoholism , Buddhism
    -ist person dentist
    -less lack of homeless , useless
    an irrational but irresistible motive
    -mania kleptomania , megalomania ,
    for a belief or action
    from Greek skopos , view;
    -scope instrument for viewing and microscope , telescope
    observing spaces
    -ship circle, state of being friendship , relationship
    -ward direction southward

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