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affix

Dictionary definition · affix

noun

  1. a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

verb

  1. stick or fasten to"affix the seal here"
  2. add to the very end"He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
  3. attach or become attached to a stem word"grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"

Similar words

stick onadd onappendsupplement

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).