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[
v.
pohst-
fiks
,
pohst
-fiks
;
n.
pohst
-fiks
]
post·fix
/
v.
poʊstˈfɪks
,
ˈpoʊst
fɪks
;
n.
ˈpoʊst
fɪks
/
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[
v.
pohst-
fiks
,
pohst
-fiks
;
n.
pohst
-fiks
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to affix at the end of something; append;
suffix
.
noun
2.
something postfixed.
3.
a suffix.
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to spend time idly; loaf.
chat, to converse
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to flee; abscond:
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Origin:
1795–1805;
post-
+
-fix,
modeled on
prefix
Related forms
post·fix·al,
post·fix·i·al,
adjective
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postfix
—
vb
1.
(
tr
) to add or append at the end of something; suffix
—
n
2.
a less common word for
suffix
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