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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFIXATION

affixation  [ˌæfɪkˈseɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFIXATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affixation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFFIXATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Affix

An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. Affixes may be derivational, like English -ness and pre-, or inflectional, like English plural -s and past tense -ed. They are bound morphemes by definition; prefixes and suffixes may be separable affixes. Affixation is, thus, the linguistic process speakers use to form different words by adding morphemes at the beginning, the middle or the end of words.

Definition of affixation in the English dictionary

The definition of affixation in the dictionary is act of affixing or state of being affixed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFIXATION


Alsatian
ælˈseɪʃən
annexation
ˌænɪkˈseɪʃən
cassation
kæˈseɪʃən
cessation
sɛˈseɪʃən
compensation
ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən
condensation
ˌkɒndɛnˈseɪʃən
conversation
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən
decompensation
diːˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən
dispensation
ˌdɪspɛnˈseɪʃən
extravasation
ɪkˌstrævəˈseɪʃən
fixation
fɪkˈseɪʃən
indexation
ˌɪndɛkˈseɪʃən
laxation
lækˈseɪʃən
luxation
lʌkˈseɪʃən
malversation
ˌmælvɜːˈseɪʃən
pulsation
pʌlˈseɪʃən
relaxation
ˌriːlækˈseɪʃən
sensation
sɛnˈseɪʃən
taxation
tækˈseɪʃən
vexation
vɛkˈseɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFIXATION

affinity
affinity card
affirm
affirmable
affirmance
affirmant
affirmation
affirmative
affirmative action
affirmatively
affirmatory
affirmer
affirming the consequent
affirmingly
affix
affixal
affixer
affixial
affixment
affixture

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFIXATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of affixation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «affixation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFIXATION

Find out the translation of affixation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of affixation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «affixation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

词缀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afijación
570 millions of speakers

English

affixation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिलाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

affixation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проставление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afixação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

affixation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apposition
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penekanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Befestigungs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

接辞添加
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

많이 붙는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Affixation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đóng dấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒட்டுடல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लावणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yerleştirilmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apposizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umieszczenie napotyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проставлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

affixation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίθεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

affixation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

affixation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

affixation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affixation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFIXATION»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFIXATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about affixation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFIXATION»

Discover the use of affixation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affixation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Diachronic Studies in Lexicology, Affixation, Phonology
The ten articles collected in this volume are an impressive indication of the range and depth of Malkiel's knowledge of diachronic processes in the Romance languages.
Yakov Malkiel, 1992
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The Syntax of Verbal Affixation
In this section we will argue against a neunalieation analysis and in favour of an analysis using levels of affixation. utlrere the three syntactically defined verbal levels are in principle open to affixation. as illustrated in Ill} as a generalization of  ...
Frank Drijkoningen, 1989
3
Security Interests in Personal Property
Subsection (2) of the revision carries forward the "pre-affixation security interest" provision. Subsection (3) of the revision, which is new, validates a security interest "which attaches to goods after they become fixtures". This "post-affixation  ...
Grant Gilmore, 1999
4
Morphology and Its Demarcations: Selected Papers from the ...
Compounding. and. affixation. Any. difference? Pavol Stekauer Presovska univerzita i. General It goes without saying that a number of notions used in our everyday lives are deeply-rooted in our traditions. The same is true of linguistics.
Wolfgang U. Dressler, 2005
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The Language of ICT: Information and Communication Technology
Morphemes are the smallest meaningful chunks into which you can divide a word ; so for example affixation combines 'affix' (verb) and 'ation' (bound morpheme) to make the noun. This is called derivational or creative morphology because a ...
Tim Shortis, 2001
6
Phonological Conditions on Affixation
In the introduction and conclusion, I situate these findings in the broader context of the literature on the phonology-morphology interface.
Mary Elizabeth Paster, 2006
7
Introduction to English Linguistics
In the sections to follow we will take a closer look at different word-formation processes. 3.7.2. Affixation We have already dealt with one common strategy of creating new words, namely adding affixes to existing bases. This is called ' affixation'.
Ingo Plag, 2007
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A Linguistic Investigation of Aphasic Chinese Speech
class 2 derivational affixes in English) are compounding and affixation processes that are more highly productive, such as regular (i.e., non-exocentric) nominal compounding, the affixation of classifiers to numbers and determiners (see 2.3.2),  ...
J. Packard, 1993
9
English Words: History and Structure
A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.
Donka Minkova, Robert P. Stockwell, 2009
10
Deconstructing Morphology: Word Formation in Syntactic Theory
Up to this point the theory of morphology/syntax that I have been developing has dealt almost exclusively with conventional concatenative word formation, that is, affixation and compounding. Of course, if I am to maintain the claim that there are  ...
Rochelle Lieber, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFIXATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affixation is used in the context of the following news items.
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150 gate-less rail crossings in Sialkot a threat to life
... into the notice of the high ranking officials of Pakistan Railway (PR) but they had done nothing in practical for early affixation of the gates. «The Nation, Jul 15»
2
FDA issues guidance to help companies meet their first UDI direct …
Direct marking refers to the affixation of the UDI permanently on the device itself (as opposed to its labeling). Here are some other key points ... «FierceMedicalDevices, Jun 15»
3
Chandigarh: People throng registration offices as cops go on a …
AFFIXATION MESS After the fee is paid — `79 for two-wheelers and `183 for fourwheelers — the slip mentions a particular date, usually of a ... «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
4
CTO directed to ensure parents don't pick, drop children on main roads
... of all sorts of vehicles was not allowed and ensures affixation of appropriate signboards to point out a no-parking area on a particular road. «Daily Times, Jun 15»
5
Militarised police
... of vandalism and affixation of the responsibility and digging element of Mens Rea on the part of political leadership and civil administration, ... «Pakistan Today, Jun 15»
6
India Plugs The Corruption Gaps: Cabinet Amendments To The …
The PoCA Amendment Bill also provides for affixation of liability on persons in charge of and responsible to the company for the conduct of ... «GlobalComplianceNews, Jun 15»
7
Unification Theories Must Evolve with the Times
Hence, the current government's seeming affixation to reunification is not new. The council's original name reflects the ideal reunification as ... «Daily NK, May 15»
8
Theater shooting survivors, most of them veterans, called to testify …
She told the room she now has a metal rod inside as well as an external affixation to stabilize the femur on her right leg. RELATED: Complete ... «Channel 2 News, Apr 15»
9
Definition of Real Property for REITs Proposed by IRS
Affixation may be to land or to another inherently permanent structure and may be by weight alone. If the affixation is reasonably expected to ... «New York Law Journal, Mar 15»
10
Inflatable slide held to involve a building operation
To a layman the placing of an inflatable slide on site and its affixation by a series of stakes would not appear to involve a building operation, the ... «PlanningResource, Mar 15»

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