Example sentences for: prefixes

How can you use “prefixes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It's an 18 th -century coinage that combines four Latin prefixes meaning "nothing."

  • Second, it will merge all alignments where the prefixes of the name are the same.

  • Namespace prefixes are allowed.

  • , and fails to explain what is metaphorical about She is ailing . Third--though here we might not be dealing with Ayto's decision as much as the publisher's--it is simply not convenient to have a dictionary of etymology that excludes all bound prefixes and suffixes, though these are glossed, as required, when they are part of an entry.

  • It surely evolved from earlier use in more literal, straightforward contexts (for instance, to describe the sound of an automobile engine or a musical performance) and ultimately from the long-established and nonjudgmental phrase to make noises (that is, to express oneself about something), a construction that happily accommodates all manner of adjectival prefixes.


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