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prepend¹

  • /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

Rhymes with -ɛnd

Where it comes from

From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.

verb prepends · prepending · prepended

  1. transitive To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix. The final cleaned assemblies in GenBank were downloaded, and the contig identifiers were pre-pended with the sample name and haplotype integer (where 1 = paternal and 2 = maternal).

noun prepends

  1. The act of prepending.

prepend²

  • /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

Rhymes with -ɛnd

Where it comes from

From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”).

verb prepends · prepending · prepended

  1. rare, transitive To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

Translations

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verb to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix

Españolanteponer
Portuguêsantepor
Françaispréfixer
Deutschvoranstellen
Русскийпредварять predvarjatʹ

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"prepend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prepend. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prepend. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prepend

Chicago

"prepend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prepend.

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@misc{prepend_2026,
  title = {prepend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prepend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}