talk a lot common prefixes and what they indicate

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Common Prefixes and What they Indicate
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A prefix comes at the beginning of a word. It is sometimes stressed and sometimes unstressed.
Prefixes give information about the meaning of the word.

Prefix

Meaning

Example

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common verbs/adverbs/prepositions/adjectives (e.g. annoy/again/above/awake)

before
against
self
two
with
against
remove
not
equal
former
before
same

extremely
not
badly
not
not
between
thousand
badly
million
small
wrongly
one
many
new
not
separate / do better
too much
after
before
supporting
false
again
about the self
half
below
above
above
remote
across
three

beyond
not
below

antenatal
anti-depressants
autobiography
bicycle
cooperate
counter-culture
declassify
disapprove
equidistant
ex-wife
forefather
homophones
hypersensitive
illogical
ill-prepared
immature
incomplete
international
kilometre
malfunctioning
megawatt
minibus
mispronounced
monotone
multimedia
neoclassical

non-member
outdoors/out-bid
overachiever
postgraduate
prearrange
pro-change
pseudonym
review
self-taught
semi-circle
submarine
supervisor/superstar
surcharge
television
trans-continental
triathlon
ultrasound
uninteresting
underwear

Literally

before birth
against depression
a self-written biography
two wheels
work with somebody
against the culture
remove classification
not approve

at an equal distance
a former wife
relative before your existing family
words with same sounds/spellings

extremely sensitive
not logical
badly prepared
not mature
not complete
between nations
one thousand metres
functioning badly
one million watts
a small bus
wrongly pronounced
one tone
many different kinds of media

new classical style
not a member
not indoors/a higher bid
one who achieves too much
after graduation
arrange something before now

supporting change
false name (nym = name)
look at again
taught by oneself

half a circle
below the sea
above others/above other stars

an extra charge
pictures sent from far away
across continents
three athletics events in one
high frequency sound waves
not interesting
under your clothes

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