affixverb [ T ]
uk/əˈfɪks/us/əˈfɪks/formalto fasten or stick one thing to another:
She affixed a stamp to the envelope.
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Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- aggregate
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- conjunction
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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affixnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæf.ɪks/us/ˈæf.ɪks/a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word:
The affixes un- and -less are often used to make negative words, such as "unhappy" and "careless".
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Linguistics: morphology & parts of words
- -athon
- -ative
- -ee
- -ese
- compound
- disyllabic
- est
- ill
- monosyllabic
- monosyllable
- particle
- polysyllabic
- portmanteau word
- prefix
- s
- stem
- syllable
- that'd
- that'll
- that's
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