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prepend en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

Etymology

From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.

Meanings

1. The act of prepending.

Forms

Relateds

postfix · prefix · postpend · append

prepend en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

Etymology

From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.
   • The final cleaned assemblies in GenBank were downloaded, and the contig identifiers were pre-pended with the sample name and haplotype integer (where 1 = paternal and 2 = maternal). 2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI:

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Deriveds

prepender

Translations (9)

eo antaŭglui (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · fr préfixer (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · pt antepor (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · id dilampirkan (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · eo antaŭaldoni (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · de voranstellen (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · cs přidat na začátek (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · es anteponer (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) · ru предварять (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix)

prepend en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

Etymology

From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”).

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

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