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How to use affix in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun, verb

Affix means a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix. Example: “Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes are all affixing particles.”

Examples of affix by meaning

nounA bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.

  • A prefix is an affix that joins to the beginning of another word.2020 March 14, Lindsay del Valle, “36 Spanish Prefixes That Will Increase Your Vocabulary Times 100!”, in Homeschool Spanish Academy...

verbTo attach.

  • to affix a stigma to a person
  • to affix ridicule or blame to somebody
  • On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim.2009 January 22, Nicholas Kulish, “Soccer Titan Raises Profile of Tiny Village”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26...

verbTo subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.

  • to affix a syllable to a word
  • to affix a seal to an instrument
  • to affix one’s name to a writing

verbTo fix or fasten figuratively.

  • eyes affixed upon the ground

More sentences with affix

  • Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes are all affixing particles.From the entry affixing
  • Plus many more settlements in France with affixes.From the entry Beaumont
  • When vehicles were to cross, a barge was affixed to the Minnie to carry them.2013 April 15, Mary Ann Sternberg, Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway, LSU Press, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry run
  • Mike affixed various pieces like a pin from Norway that his wife had given to him.1996, Heather R. Joseph-Witham, “Outstanding Artists”, in Star Trek Fans and Costume Art, Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi…. From the entry Klingonish
  • Compound words contrast with words built up by the use of affixes.1994, James R. Hurford, Grammar: A Student's Guidehttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZaBKd8pT6kgC&pg=PA43&dq=%22compound+words%22. From the entry compound word
  • The bevelers of early America often affixed a highly individualized “beveler’s mark” to their finished products.1981, Vincent L. Fox, Glass Beveling, Hidden House, page 35. From the entry beveller
  • Learnèdness may affect all the morphemes in a word, or only the base, or only an affix.1972, Edgar N. Mayer, “Morphophone, Diamorphophone and Protomorphophone”, in M. Estellie Smith, editor, Studies in Linguistics: In Honor…. From the entry learnèdness
  • Articles to which affixed: Soy, peanut oil, tahure, toqua, peanut, salted pepino and vinegar.1945 October, “Publication of Trade-Marks”, in Official Gazette, volume 41, number 7, Manila: National Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page…. From the entry tahure
  • It supplies the accounts department with the relevant newspaper or magazine, which is affixed to the agency's invoice for the space.2014, Nigel Linacre, Advertising for Account Holders (RLE Marketing), page 9. From the entry voucher
  • When explaining the definitions of roots, affixes (prefixes and suffixes), derivatives, etc., present them with the following word: pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.2004, Stephanie Riddle, Mastering Vocabulary, page 5. From the entry pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  • There are also a number of examples of endoclitics (also known as 'mesoclisis') whereby clitics appear followed by affixes.2003, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, “2: Typological parameters for the study of clitics, with special reference to Tariana”, in R. M. W. Dixon…. From the entry endoclitic
  • Her two sizable boxes, not heavy, were affixed pannierwise, and above them were stores—pots and pans, and hay for the horses.1955, Denton Whitson, chapter 2, in The Governor’s Daughter, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 23. From the entry pannierwise
  • He affixed to his breast the octoradiant star, so much larger and more lustrous than any actual star in heaven.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson. From the entry octoradiant
  • Behind the alter, hanging high, a huge cross was affixed to the wall, with a replica of Jesus in rags nailed to it.2009, Todd Sprague, Survive, Todd Sprague, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry alter
  • Merci for the reception!" With this insouciant remark and the banner he affixed to his automobile that read "Auto rally against roadlessness and slovenliness!"2008, Lewis H. Siegelbaum, Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile, →ISBN. From the entry merci
  • Duchampian too are the so-called “devices” paintings, which have rotatable wooden discs, with squeegeelike arms for smoothing arcs of paint, affixed to their surfaces.2007 February 2, Holland Cotter, “Bull’s-Eyes and Body Parts: It’s Theater, From Jasper Johns”, in New York Times. From the entry squeegeelike
  • Free Zone,” and requires that all United Nations supporters affix a sign to their homes and businesses that says, “U.N. work conducted here.”2001 August 27, Lin Alder, “Utah town goes ‘U.N. free’”, in High Country News, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024. From the entry Kessler
  • The principle of a clip lockingly engaging under the metal to which it is affixed had been in general use in the automobile industry.1986, Canadian patent reporter, page 308. From the entry lockingly
  • Initials affixed in this manner do not, therefore, by themselves bring the initialer into any connection with the order for criminal purposes.1947, United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality, United States. Dept. of State, United States. War…. From the entry initialer
  • So-called designer dogs became popular a decade ago, beginning with the Labradoodle and other poodle crosses that sought to affix the poodle’s relatively nonshedding coat to other breeds.2007 February 4, Jon Mooallem, “The Modern Kennel Conundrum”, in New York Times. From the entry nonshedding
  • Miskin now seems permanently affixed to a Dalgleish who, once in the saddle, continues to project our approach to the bastions of institutional power as one of insiderly equality.2003, Zachary Leader, On Modern British Fiction, page 253. From the entry insiderly
  • One of these processes, the process of T-Lenition, is extremely common, even though it takes place only when the input consonant is adjacent to a small number of affixes.2001, Robert Stockwell, Donka Minkova, English Words: History and Structure, page 104. From the entry lenition
  • It's one of my little chores as private secretary to smell out these revolutions and affix the kibosh before they break out and scratch the paint off the government property.1904 November, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Phonograph and the Graft”, in Cabbages and Kings, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry kibosh

Meaning of affix

  1. noun A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.
  2. noun That which is affixed; an appendage.
  3. noun The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).

Full definition of affix

Questions about affix in a sentence

How do you use affix in a sentence?
Affix is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Prefixes, suffixes, and infixes are all affixing particles.”
What is a short sentence with affix?
“eyes affixed upon the ground”
What does affix mean?
Affix means a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affix (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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