nnoun.communicationa linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived formDerivationally Related Form:affixaffixalaffixial
Part Holonyms:word
Hypernyms:bound form bound morpheme
Inherited Hypernyms:affixbound morphememorphemelanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:infixpostfixprefixsuffix
Full Hyponyms:alpha privativeinfixprefixsuffix
vverb.contactattach toSynset:stick on
Hypernyms:attach
Inherited Hypernyms:affixattachconnect
Direct Hyponyms:plasterpostsealstamp
Causes:adhere bind bond hold fast stick to stick
Full Troponyms:meterplacardplasterpostsealstamp
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactadd to the very endSynset:add on append supplement
Examples:- He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language
Derivationally Related Form:add-onsupplementappendageappendantaffixationsupplementation
Hypernyms:attach
Inherited Hypernyms:appendattachconnect
Direct Hyponyms:annex
Full Troponyms:annex
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.contactattach or become attached to a stem wordExamples:- grammatical morphemes affix to the stem
Derivationally Related Form:affixaffixation
Hypernyms:attach
Inherited Hypernyms:affixattachconnect
Direct Hyponyms:infixprefixsuffix
Full Troponyms:infixprefixsuffix
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP