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π Prefixes π - Coggle Diagram
π
Prefixes
π
What?
re
rebuild
to build again
reuse, retest, rewrite
means again
mis
misspell
to spell incorrectly
misbehave, mistreat
means wrong or badly
a group of letters
added to the beginning of a word
change the meaning
Opposite
meaning
dis
means not
dishonest, dislike, disagree
in, il, im, ir
mean not
ex:
illegal
not legal
impossible
not possible
un
unsafe
not safe
unlucky, unfair, unwrap
means not
Describe
numbers
tri
triangle
3 corners
means 3
tricycle
3 wheels
cent
100 years = 1 century
means 100
bi
bicycle
2 wheels
binoculars
2 lenses
means 2
How prefixes
help you understand
what you read
ex:
a submarine
travels underwater
a subway
travels underground
sub means
under
subzero temperatures means
below zero degrees
subzero
break apart
the prefix sub
the root word zero