affix (B1)
verb
Pronunciation: /əˈfɪks/
Definition
To attach or fasten something to something else.
Examples
The teacher asked the students to affix a label to each experiment.
They decided to affix a small ornament to the gift box.
He carefully affixed the stamp to the envelope before mailing it.
How to Use affix
- affix to (prepositional phrase)
- To attach something onto or to another thing. — "She decided to affix the photograph to the page of her album."
- affix a prefix/suffix (collocation)
- To add a word part to the beginning or end of a word. — "We can affix the prefix 're-' to create a new word meaning to do something again."
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