Prefix:
A prefix is a group of letter place before the root of a word.
For Example:
Unhappy (In this word happy is a base word and ” Un ” that placed before the root word is a Prefix.
PREFIX | MEANING | EXAMPLES |
---|---|---|
ante- | before | antenatal, anteroom, antedate |
anti- | against, opposing | antibiotic, antidepressant, antidote |
circum- | around | circumstance, circumvent, circumnavigate |
co- | with | co-worker, co-pilot, co-operation |
de- | off, down, away from | devalue, defrost, derail, demotivate |
dis- | opposite of, not | disagree, disappear, disintegrate, disapprove |
em-, en- | cause to, put into | embrace, encode, embed, enclose, engulf |
epi- | upon, close to, after | epicentre, episcope, epidermis |
ex- | former, out of | ex-president, ex-boyfriend, exterminate |
extra- | beyond, more than | extracurricular, extraordinary, extra-terrestrial |
fore- | before | forecast, forehe |
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