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Rtyhgn85 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Word building in English

English is a very flexible language and you can build on your vocabulary and learn how to make new words.
One way of doing this is to add prefixes (such as dis, pre or co) before the word.
Here's a list of common prefixes with their meanings and some examples.
anti (= against)
antibodies, anti-social
auto (self)
autonomous, autobiography, automobile
bi (= two)
bicycle
co (= with)
cooperate, coordinate
contra (= against)
contradict, contravene
de (= remove)
deregulate, deselect
dis (= not)
disappear
il (= not)
illegal
im (= not)
immaterial, immature
inter (= between)
international
mis(= badly/wrongly)
misinform, misbehave, misunderstand
multi (= many)
multinational
non (= opposite)
non-profit
out (= more than)
outperform, outdone
over (= too much)
oversleep, overwork
post (= after)
postpone, postnatal
pre (= before)
predict
re (= again)
rewrite, relive
sub (= under)
submarine
super (= higher/improved)
supermarket
trans (= across)
transatlantic
uni (= one)
uniform
under (= not enough)
underpaid, underfed
  

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