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Word Formation: Prefixes & Suffixes: English For Computer Science Extra Notes #3 Ehsan Akhgari OCTOBER 2007
Word Formation: Prefixes & Suffixes: English For Computer Science Extra Notes #3 Ehsan Akhgari OCTOBER 2007
ENGLISH FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE EXTRA NOTES #3 EHSAN AKHGARI OCTOBER 2007
Introduction
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$refix
stem
suffix
#xam$!es: $ro"rammer: $ro"ram % er &someone 'ho $ro"rams( underestimate: under % estimate &estimate some)ody/somethin" too !itt!e( unreco"ni*a)!e: un % reco"ni*e % a)!e &cannot )e reco"ni*ed(
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un$!easant interactive
$!easant!y active
Prefixes
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Prefixes can )e cate"ori*ed as )e!o' 2e"ative and $ositive Si*e 5ocation ime and order 2um)er
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P$e%i& Mea i g E&a()*e#
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P$e%i& Mea i g E&a()*e#
inter8 intra8 su$er8 trans8 ex8 in8 extra8 su)8 infra8 $eri8
)et'een0 amon" 'ithin0 inside of over across out inside )eyond under )e!o' around
interface0 interactive intranet su$ersonic transmit0 transfer exc!ude0 extrinsic inc!ude0 intrinsic extraordinary su)schema infra8red0 infrastructure $eri$hera!
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P$e%i&
Mea i g
E&a()*e#
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P$e%i& Mea i g E&a()*e#
ha!f one t'o three four five six seven ei"ht ten many
semicirc!e monochromatic )inary trian"!e 9uadru$!e $enta"on hexadecima! Se$tem)er octa! decima! mu!ti$!exor0 mu!tidimensiona!
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P$e%i& Mea i g E&a()*e#
$ro8
Ot.e$ P$e%i&e#
his $refix ty$e inc!udes the $refixes 'hich cannot )e cate"ori*ed into any of the aforementioned cate"ories6 auto8 co8 con8
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Suffixes
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P$e%i& Mea i g E&a()*e#
state 9ua!ity of a $erson 'ho a thin" 'hich a $erson 'ho $ertainin" to the act of condition of action/state activity state0 action state0 9ua!ity condition/state domain/condition condition/state
$erformance inde$endence $ro"rammer0 o$erator com$i!er0 accumu!ator ana!yst0 ty$ist e!ectrician com$i!ation readiness conversion mu!ti$!exin" measurement e!ectricity ma"netism ;in"dom0 freedom re!ationshi$0 $artnershi$ 10/17/2007
8shi$
1,
P$e%i& Mea i g E&a()*e#
0e$-/%"$(i g S,%%i&e#
his suffix ty$e creates ver)s from the stems6
8i*e/8ise
to ma;e
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P$e%i&
Mea i g
E&a()*e#
8!y
in the manner of
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P$e%i&
Mea i g
E&a()*e#
8a! 8ar 8ic 8ica! 8a)!e 8i)!e 8ous 8fu! 8!ess 8ish 8ed 8ive
com$utationa!0 !o"ica! circu!ar havin" the 9ua!ity of ma"netic0 automatic e!ectrica! ca$a)!e of )ein" !i;e0 fu!! of characteri*ed )y 'ithout !i;e
havin" the 9ua!ity of
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@eferences
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Bom$utin"0 1xford University Press0 1==: +erriam8We)sterCs Bo!!e"iate 3ictionary0 11th edition
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