1. adding a prefix to the beginning of a word
Usage: present participle of prefix

1. the act or process of adding prefixes to words
Usage: gerund form

Examples

• The teacher explained prefixing by showing how ‘un-‘ changes ‘happy’ to ‘unhappy’.
• She is prefixing ‘re-‘ to several verbs in her essay.
• Prefixing is a common way to create new words in English.
• The student practiced prefixing with common prefixes like ‘pre-‘ and ‘dis-‘.
• By prefixing ‘anti-‘ to ‘war’, we get ‘antiwar’.
• The linguist studied prefixing patterns across different languages.
• Prefixing helps expand vocabulary efficiently.