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prefixation

NOUN
  1. formation of a word by means of a prefix

How To Use prefixation In A Sentence

  • An important defining feature of perfectivizing prefixation in Russian is the use of po- to signal the relative change of state in inchoatives as well as the indefinite temporal delimitation of atelic activities.
  • The perfective aspect is usually formed from the imperfective either by prefixation or by suffixation.
  • According to Crystal, a prefixation is “an affix is placed before the base of the word” (1997, p. 90).
  • Moreover, derivation by prefixation of a single consonant would go against the general pattern of word formation in English.
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