noun
- the processes or acts of attaching affixes (prefixes, suffixes, or infixes) to words
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The study of affixations helps students understand word formation.
- English affixations include adding -ed to form past tense verbs.
- The linguist analyzed various affixations in the ancient language.
- Understanding affixations improves vocabulary building skills.
- The complexity of affixations varies across different languages.