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postfix

[ verb pohst-fiks, pohst-fiks; noun pohst-fiks ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to affix at the end of something; append; suffix.


noun

  1. something postfixed.
  2. a suffix.

postfix

verb

  1. tr to add or append at the end of something; suffix
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a less common word for suffix
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • post·fixal post·fixi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postfix1

1795–1805; post- + -fix, modeled on prefix
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Example Sentences

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

The postfixes themselves no doubt were originally notional terms worn down in form and meaning, so as to express mere abstract relation, as in the Magyar vel = with, from veli = companion.

The glyph occurs 37 times on this side and, with a prefix and a changed postfix, once on page 24.

It is also used as a postfix to denote motion towards the object to which it is joined.

Ironically, lawyers now say that the requirement for the trademark postfix has no legal force, but the asterisk usage is entrenched anyhow.

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