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1. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
2. amphi-, prefix View full entry 1842
...Used in many derivatives and compounds....
3. ante-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Forming nouns. (Main stress on ˈante-: ˈantechapel.)...
4. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
5. eso-, prefix View full entry 1817
...employed in a few compounds of modern formation from words of Greek origin....
6. fore-, prefix View full entry c1000
...In verbs, ppl. adjs., agent-nouns and nouns of action. (Stress on the verb.)...
7. hemi-, prefix View full entry 1776
...Half-; one half, the half, pertaining to or affecting one half; esp. in Anat., Biol., and Pathol. Pertaining to one of the two halves...
8. hyper-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Formations in which, as in hyperborean, the prefix has the prepositional force of ‘over, beyond, or above’ (what is denoted by the second element)....
9. hypo-, prefix View full entry c1540
...In words from Greek: the most important of these are hypochondria, hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothec, hypothesis, and their derivatives....
10. inter-, prefix View full entry 1506
...In adverbial or adjectival relation to the second element....
11. meta-, prefix View full entry 1838
...Denoting change, transformation, permutation, or substitution....
12. non-, prefix View full entry a1420
...Prefixed to nouns of action, condition, or quality with the sense ‘absence or lack of’, often corresponding semantically to ‘not doing, failure to do’ (where a verb is implied by the noun,...
13. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
14. post-, prefix View full entry 1578
...Forming words in which post- is either adverbial or adjectival, and qualifies the verb, or the verbal derivative or other adjective or noun which forms or is implied in the...
15. pre-, prefix View full entry 1559
...Combinations in which pre- is adverbial or adjectival, qualifying the verb, adjective, or noun to which it is prefixed....
16. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....
17. sub-, prefix View full entry c1386
...In prepositional relation to the noun constituting or implied in the second element, with the sense ‘situated, existing, or occurring under, below, or at the bottom of’....
18. super-, prefix View full entry c1429
...Forming adjectives and nouns denoting a thing which is situated over, above, higher than, or (less commonly) upon another, and verbs expressing this relation....
19. up-, prefix View full entry a1200
...In comb. with ns. (except as in 3d3e)....
