Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense affixes, present participle affixing, past tense, past participle affixedpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (əfɪks). The noun is pronounced (æfɪks).
1. verb
If you affix one thing to another, you stick it or attach it to the other thing.
[formal]
Complete the form and affix four tokens to its back. [VERB noun + to]
I covered the scroll in sealing wax, and affixed a red ribbon. [VERB noun]
...special storage racks affixed to the sides of buses. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: attach, add, join, stick on More Synonyms of affix
2. countable noun
An affix is a letter or group of letters, for example 'un-' or '-y', which is added to either the beginning or the end of a word to form a different word with a different meaning. For example, 'un-' is added to 'kind' to form 'unkind'. Compare prefix and , suffix.
affix in British English
verb (əˈfɪks)(tr; usually foll by to or on)
1.
to attach, fasten, join, or stick
to affix a poster to the wall
2.
to add or append
to affix a signature to a document
3.
to attach or attribute (guilt, blame, etc)
noun (ˈæfɪks)
4. grammar
a linguistic element added to a word or root to produce a derived or inflected form: -ment in establishment is a derivational affix; -s in drowns is an inflectional affix
See also prefix, suffix, infix
5.
something fastened or attached; appendage
Derived forms
affixation (ˌæfɪkˈseɪʃən) or affixture (əˈfɪkstʃə)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Medieval Latin affixāre, from ad- to + fixāre to fix
affix in American English
(əˈfɪks; æˈfɪks; for n., ˈæfˌɪks)
verb transitive
1.
to fasten; attach
to affix a label to a bottle
2.
to add at the end; append
noun
3.
a thing affixed
4. Linguistics
a prefix, suffix, or infix
Derived forms
affixal (ˈaffixal) (ˈæfɪksəl)
adjective
Word origin
< L affixus, pp. of affigere, to fasten to < ad-, to + figere, fix
Examples of 'affix' in a sentence
affix
Pocket spread napkins over our laps and helped us affix wooden trays to our knees with leather straps.
Baxter, Stephen ANTI-ICE (2002)
It didn't take long for him to fit it nicely into one of his company's available plans, and to affix a price to it.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002)
We have a set of graticuled overlays which we can affix to the screen.
Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES (2002)
`The Red Priests affix it to their own with an invisible ink.
David Zindell THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE (2002)
(verb)
Definition
to attach or fasten
Complete the form and affix four tokens.
Synonyms
attach
Attach labels to things before you file them away.
add
She wants to add a huge sports complex to the hotel.
join
The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain.
stick on
bind
Bind the ends of the card together with thread.
put on
tag
glue
Glue the fabric around the window.
paste
tack
He had tacked this note to the door.
fasten
Use screws to fasten the shelf to the wall.
annex
A gate goes through to the annexed garden.
append (formal)
His real name hadn't been appended to the manuscript.
subjoin
Opposites
remove
,
take off
,
detach
,
disconnect
,
unfasten
,
unglue
Additional synonyms
in the sense of add
She wants to add a huge sports complex to the hotel.
Synonyms
include,
attach,
supplement,
increase by,
adjoin,
annex,
amplify,
augment,
affix,
append (formal),
enlarge by
in the sense of annex
Definition
to join or add (something) to something larger
A gate goes through to the annexed garden.
Synonyms
join,
unite,
add,
connect,
attach,
tack,
adjoin,
fasten,
affix,
append (formal),
subjoin
in the sense of append
Definition
to add as a supplement
His real name hadn't been appended to the manuscript.