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Meaning of "infix" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFIX

infix  [ɪnˈfɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFIX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infix is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb infix in English.

WHAT DOES INFIX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Infix

An infix is an affix inserted inside a word stem. It contrasts with adfix, a rare term for an affix attached to the end of a stem, such as a prefix or suffix. When marking text for interlinear glossing, most affixes are separated with a hyphen, but infixes are separated with 〈angle brackets〉.

Definition of infix in the English dictionary

The first definition of infix in the dictionary is to fix firmly in. Other definition of infix is to instil or inculcate. Infix is also to insert or to be inserted into the middle of a word.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INFIX

PRESENT

Present
I infix
you infix
he/she/it infixes
we infix
you infix
they infix
Present continuous
I am infixing
you are infixing
he/she/it is infixing
we are infixing
you are infixing
they are infixing
Present perfect
I have infixed
you have infixed
he/she/it has infixed
we have infixed
you have infixed
they have infixed
Present perfect continuous
I have been infixing
you have been infixing
he/she/it has been infixing
we have been infixing
you have been infixing
they have been infixing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I infixed
you infixed
he/she/it infixed
we infixed
you infixed
they infixed
Past continuous
I was infixing
you were infixing
he/she/it was infixing
we were infixing
you were infixing
they were infixing
Past perfect
I had infixed
you had infixed
he/she/it had infixed
we had infixed
you had infixed
they had infixed
Past perfect continuous
I had been infixing
you had been infixing
he/she/it had been infixing
we had been infixing
you had been infixing
they had been infixing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will infix
you will infix
he/she/it will infix
we will infix
you will infix
they will infix
Future continuous
I will be infixing
you will be infixing
he/she/it will be infixing
we will be infixing
you will be infixing
they will be infixing
Future perfect
I will have infixed
you will have infixed
he/she/it will have infixed
we will have infixed
you will have infixed
they will have infixed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been infixing
you will have been infixing
he/she/it will have been infixing
we will have been infixing
you will have been infixing
they will have been infixing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would infix
you would infix
he/she/it would infix
we would infix
you would infix
they would infix
Conditional continuous
I would be infixing
you would be infixing
he/she/it would be infixing
we would be infixing
you would be infixing
they would be infixing
Conditional perfect
I would have infix
you would have infix
he/she/it would have infix
we would have infix
you would have infix
they would have infix
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been infixing
you would have been infixing
he/she/it would have been infixing
we would have been infixing
you would have been infixing
they would have been infixing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you infix
we let´s infix
you infix
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to infix
Past participle
infixed
Present Participle
infixing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFIX


affix
əˈfɪks
antefix
ˈæntɪˌfɪks
confix
kənˈfɪks
crucifix
ˈkruːsɪfɪks
demographics
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪks
fix
fɪks
graphics
ˈɡræfɪks
hieroglyphics
ˌhaɪərəˈɡlɪfɪks
micrographics
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɡræfɪks
postfix
pəʊstˈfɪks
prefix
ˈpriːfɪks
psychographics
ˌsaɪkəʊˈɡræfɪks
reaffix
ˌriːəˈfɪks
refix
riːˈfɪks
reprographics
ˌriːprəˈɡræfɪks
specifics
spɪˈsɪfɪks
suffix
ˈsʌfɪks
superfix
ˈsuːpəˌfɪks
transfix
trænsˈfɪks
unfix
ʌnˈfɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFIX

infinities
infinitival
infinitivally
infinitive
infinitive marker
infinitively
infinitude
infinitum
infinity
infirm
infirmarer
infirmarian
infirmaries
infirmary
infirmities
infirmity
infirmly
infirmness
infixation
infixion

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFIX

Aix
appendix
Asterix
Beatrix
dominatrix
flix
Grand Prix
helix
Hendrix
matrix
mix
nix
phoenix
pix
quick fix
remix
Roubaix
six
subfix
tix

Synonyms and antonyms of infix in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INFIX»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «infix» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of infix

Translation of «infix» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFIX

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infijo
570 millions of speakers

English

infix
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इन्फ़िक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أقحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инфикс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রোথিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

infixe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Infix
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Infix
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

挿入辞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Infix
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ghi vào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடையமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इन्फिक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

telkin etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infisso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wrostkowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інфікс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infix
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

infix
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

infix
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infix
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infiks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infix

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFIX»

The term «infix» is normally little used and occupies the 110.775 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFIX» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFIX»

Discover the use of infix in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infix and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Data Structures
With an expression tree essentially being a binary tree, the traversal of an expression tree also yields significant results. Thus, the inorder traversal of an expression tree yields an infix expression, the postorder traversal, a postfix expression ...
Pai, 2008
2
Algorithms in Java, Parts 1-4
Figure 4.4 Conversion of an infix expression to postfix This sequence shows the use of a stack to convert the infix expression (5*(((9+8)*(4*6))+7)) to its postfix form 598 + 46**7 + * . We proceed from left to right through the expression: If we ...
Robert Sedgewick, 2002
3
An Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms
Example: Converting Infix to Prefix or Postfix Operators: We limit our attention to the binary operations •, /, +, - and the usual conventions that • and / take precedence over + and -, and when an operator is missing it is assumed to be o';  ...
J.A. Storer, 2001
4
Studies in Baltic and Indo-European Linguistics: In Honor of ...
The *n -infix verbs in Proto-Indo-European and the dialects The history of the *-n- infix verbs provides evidence of distinct layers in the history of the dialects, as we may illustrate with examples from Sanskrit, Hittite, and Germanic. After the ...
Philip Baldi, Pietro U. Dini, 2004
5
ML for the Working Programmer
What is its type? fun lifetime ( (name , born , crowned , died , quote} ) = died - born; Exercise 2.9 Discuss the differences, if any, between the selector #born and the function fun bornjat ( { born } ) = born ; 2.10 Infix operators An infix operator is a ...
Lawrence C. Paulson, 1996
6
Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction
Two other main kinds of athematic presents are known, the nasal-infix presents and reduplicated athematic presents. As these are more complex formally than root athematics, they are often called characterized presents. The difference was  ...
Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, 2011
7
Introduction to Data Structures in C
Consider the following Table 4.4 which converts infix to postfix to make your understanding perfect. Table 4.4 Infix to postfix. Infix Postfix X+Y X+Y-Z (X+Y)*( P-Q) LAM*N-0+P/Q/(R+S) ((L+M)*N-(0-P)A(Q+R) L-M/(N*OaP) XY+ XY+Z- XY+ PQ-* ...
Kamthane, 2012
8
Computer Concepts and Programming in C
13.5 Infix, Postfix and Prefix Representation of Arithmetic Expressions An arithmetic expression contains operator and operands. Operands are some numeric values represented by variables or constants. The operators are of various kinds ...
A.P.Godse, D.A.Godse, 2008
9
Prolog and Natural-Language Analysis
In addition to the default parenthesized prefix notation for compound terms, Prolog allows unary functors to be used with a prefix or postfix notation, and binary functors in infix notation, given appropriate operator declarations. For example, the ...
Fernando C. N. Pereira, Stuart M. Shieber, 2002
10
Fundamentals of Python: From First Programs through Data ...
14.4] Some infix and postfix expressions There are similarities and differences between the two forms. In both, operands appear in the same order. However, the operators do not. The infix form sometimes requires parentheses; the postfix form ...
Kenneth Lambert, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFIX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infix is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spirited Away Review
Having said that the director has taken great care to infix all the animated characters with great subtlety. Anyone who is excited about watching ... «DailyGame, Jun 15»
2
Literary discourse: Morpheme and its relevance to sentence …
There are many affixes in English, among which are prefix, infix, suffix, suprafix, simulfix, and circumfix. In this discourse, we concentrate on ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»
3
54 spine, orthopedic devices receive FDA 510(k) clearances in …
Ardis Interbody System, BAK Interbody Fusion System, BAK/C Anterior Cervical Interbody Fusion System, InFix Anterior Lumbar System, TraXis ... «Becker's Orthopedic & Spine, Mar 15»
4
Fraud trial starts for Mou Mou Club exec
But Hong Kong Infix signed off on 13 contracts and an additional job, supposedly for Shanghai Infix, resulting in a payment of HK$1,709,000 to ... «South China Morning Post, Jan 15»
5
Why linguists freak out about 'absofreakinglutely'
What's an infix? It's like a prefix (like un– in unbroken) or a suffix (like –ing in breaking), but instead of going at the beginning or the end of a ... «The Week Magazine, Dec 14»
6
As oil prices fall, investment opportunities emerge
... manager of Advisory Research Inc.'s MLP & Energy and Income Fund (INFIX), as well as the ARI MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund (MLPPX). «InvestmentNews, Nov 14»
7
Ladies' watches ahoy! The new IWC Portofino Midsize collection
Although lacking in romanticism, the infix Midsize at least wears its heart on its sleeve. The core of the collection, these ten references have the ... «World Tempus, Sep 14»
8
10 Most Comfortable Cars Under $30000
Meanwhile, traffic information service Infix notes that as average gas prices started spiking in 2010, average commute times during peak hours ... «TheStreet.com, Aug 14»
9
Indian FX/debt factors to watch - Aug 5
FII INVESTMENTS-DEBT (Net Dollars) INFIX INFII01* Debt Aug 1 $267.47 mln Month-to-date $257.26 bln Year-to-date $13.99 bln * Source: ... «Reuters, Aug 14»
10
India FX/debt factors to watch - Aug 1
FII INVESTMENTS-DEBT (Net Dollars) INFIX INFII01* Debt July 30 $60.06 mln Month-to-date $3.83 bln Year-to-date $14.25 bln * Source: Data ... «Reuters, Jul 14»

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