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Prefixation (Prefixes of degree or size (OUT " surpassing"…
Prefixation
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NEGATIVE PREFIXES
NON 'not' combines with nouns, adjectives, open class words (non-smoker)
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DIS 'not' 'the converse' combines with open class items (disloyal,disorder)
UN 'not' 'the converse of' combines fairly freely with adjectives and participles (unexpected , unfair)
A/AN 'lacking in' 'lack of' combines with adjectives (amoral, asexual)
LOCATIVE PREFIXES
SUB "under" combines with adjectives, verbs and nouns ( subnormal) (subdivide) (subway)
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INTER " between" "among" combines with adjectives, verbs and nouns ( international) (inter-continental) and with nouns is used in premodification an (inter-school) event
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NUMBER PREFIXES
POLY-, MULTI- "many", as in (polyglot, ploygon) "multi-" items are used chiefly in premodification (multiracial, multipurpose)
BI-, DI- "two" as in (bycicle, bilingual, di-oxide)
SEMI-, DEMI- "half" as in (semi-circle, demi-god) HEMI- (chiefly scientific) hemi-sphere
TRI- "three" (tripod, tricycle) UNI-, MONO- "one" (unilateral, monoplane)
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PEJORATIVE PREFIXES
MIS 'wrongly' 'astray' combines with verbs, participles, and abstract nouns (miscalculate)
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MAL 'badly' 'bad' combines whit verbs, participles, adejctives ans abstrac nouns (maltreat)
REVERSATIVE PREFIXES
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DE 'reversing the action' combines freely with verbs and deverbal nouns (decentralize,defrost)
UN 'reversing the action'combines freely with verbs (unzip)
'depriving of' ' releasing from' 'degrading' combines with nouns turning them into verbs ( unhorse)
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CONVERSION PREFIXES
BE- to turn noun bases into adjectives with intensified force (bespectacled, befogged)
- combines with nouns to yield transitive verbs (befriend)
EN-, EM- "before" combines chiefly with nouns to yield verbs (endanger, empower)
A- combines chiefly with verbs to yield predicative adjectives (asleep, aloud)