AFFIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does affix mean? 

• AFFIX (noun)
  The noun AFFIX has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AFFIX used as a noun is very rare.

• AFFIX (verb)
  The verb AFFIX has 3 senses:

1. attach to

2. add to the very end

3. attach or become attached to a stem word

  Familiarity information: AFFIX used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFFIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("affix" is a kind of...):

bound form; bound morpheme (a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affix"):

prefix (an affix that is added in front of the word)

postfix; suffix (an affix that is added at the end of the word)

infix (an affix that is inserted inside the word)

Holonyms ("affix" is a part of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Derivation:

affix (attach or become attached to a stem word)

affixal; affixial (of or pertaining to a linguistic affix)

• AFFIX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they affix ... he / she / it affixes
Past simple: affixed   
Past participle: affixed   
-ing form: affixing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attach to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

affix; stick on

Context example:

affix the seal here

Hypernyms (to "affix" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Cause:

adhere; bind; bond; hold fast; stick; stick to (stick to firmly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "affix"):

stamp (affix a stamp to)

seal (affix a seal to)

post (affix in a public place or for public notice)

plaster (affix conspicuously)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add to the very end

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

add on; affix; append; supplement

Context example:

He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language

Hypernyms (to "affix" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "affix"):

annex (attach to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

affixation (the act of attaching or affixing something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attach or become attached to a stem word

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

grammatical morphemes affix to the stem

Hypernyms (to "affix" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "affix"):

prefix (attach a prefix to)

suffix (attach a suffix to)

infix (attach a morpheme into a stem word)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

affix (a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form)

affixation (formation of a word by means of an affix)

affixation (the result of adding an affix to a root word)

 Context examples 

Marianne's pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of; and Elinor's drawings were affixed to the walls of their sitting room.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The act of affixing one thing to another.

(Attachment, NCI Thesaurus)

The action of affixing an identifier to a container or closure of an item.

(Container/Closure Labeling, NCI Thesaurus)

An orderly array of DNA samples affixed to a support.

(DNA Microarray Chip, NCI Thesaurus)

An internal radiation treatment technique in which radioactive seeds are embedded in suture material and directly affixed to target cancerous tissue.

(Double Strand Brachytherapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Any substance that affixes 2 or more parts or tissues together.

(Adhesive Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The action of affixing an identifier to an item or the container for an item.

(Labeling Activity, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Rochester had himself written the direction, "Mrs. Rochester, — Hotel, London," on each: I could not persuade myself to affix them, or to have them affixed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You will betray your feelings improperly, if you are too conscious and too quick, and appear to affix more meaning, or even quite all the meaning which may be affixed to it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Serum is incubated with vital protein that have been gel separated and affixed to a membrane.

(HIV Western Blot, NCI Thesaurus)