Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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prefix
Prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
Prefix meaning "back", "back around", "in reverse", "in return".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
Prefix meaning "off", "out", "away", "from".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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prefix
Prefix meaning "with", "along with", "together (with)".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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History
From Middle English with-, from Old English wiþ- (“against, away”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþi-, from Proto-Germanic *wiþi- (“counter-, anti-, gain-, with-”), related to Old English wiþ (“with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to”, preposition). Cognate with Old Frisian with-, Old Saxon with-, Danish ved-, Swedish vid-, Faroese við-, Icelandic við-. Related also to English wither-, and Dutch weder- (“back”), German wider- (“against”), German wieder- (“again”). More at with.
