Definition of "prefixes" [prefixes]

• Plural form of prefix. (noun)
• Plural form of prefixe. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefix. (verb)

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• "An examination of the 20,000 most used words reveals 5,000 words contain prefixes and over 80% of these use one of only fourteen of the many different prefixes available."
• "Not only do many existing words originate from Latin, many new words are constructed from Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots."
• "Any comparison between 19 and 20 as decade prefixes is bound to fail unless one remembers that no one ever says “I have twenty hundred dollars” but many (most?) do say “I have nineteen hundred dollars.”"