Michael Chabon

I have a good memory for words, and when I come upon a word I don't know, I remember it, or try to - it's almost like a tic. I also just have a good feeling for how words are made and formed in English and the etymologies that give you prefixes and suffixes.

American Author

David Crystal

You can say now, 'I dissed him' - to diss, I dissed him - or, 'Stop dissing her'. And that's the interesting thing, that it's the prefix that's become the verb! It's a most remarkable development.

English Educator

Don Lemon

Think about just how much we'd get accomplished if we collectively viewed the people with whom we came into contact as just an American and not an American with a prefix.

American Journalist

Nancy Roman

I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.

American Scientist

Prefixes transform words into antonyms or give them a new meaning.

Meaning Alteration

Some prefixes are really common and appear in many English words.

Common Prefixes

Adding a prefix doesn't typically change the spelling of the root word.

No Spelling Change

Using 'prefix' as a verb often indicates the preparation or setup for what follows.

Introduction Importance

When used as a verb, 'prefix' is more common in formal or academic contexts.

Formal Writing

Prefixes before names denote respect, professional status, or marital status.

Sign of Respect

Titles as prefixes can vary widely from one culture or language to another.

Cultural Variance

In tech, a prefix can be a code that helps categorize or ID elements like addresses.

Technical Identifier

Prefixes in numbers help you quickly recognize the type or origin of the number.

Easy Recognition

 teachers provide facts and figures to get kids right for the end of year testing and the word educator comes from the Duck Goose which means lead the prefix e which means out the suffix a te which means the active and the suffix colar which means one does I'm an educator it is

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 The prefix means "all together," to emphasize the connection between all of the material. A synestia is what a planet becomes when heat and spin push it over the limit of a spheroidal shape. Would you like to see a synestia?

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 which plants are marked with I and mu prefixes that are followed by a noun a verb or even a phrase that contains the most striking feature of the plant is behavior its physical characteristics

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 It was misanalysed in the middle ages as having the prefix "a," like in "asleep" and "awake" and "around," and a new base was L-O-N-E, which then developed into its own family.

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Meaning Alteration

Common Prefixes

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