affixation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the result of adding an affix to a root word
Types & categories
- sound structure hypernym
Related & opposite
- affix derivation
Sense 2 noun
formation of a word by means of an affix
Types & categories
- formation hypernym
- prefixation hyponym
- suffixation hyponym
Related & opposite
- affix derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of attaching or affixing something
Types & categories
- compounding hypernym
- grafting hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | affix |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound structure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affix |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | formation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prefixation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffixation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attach |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | append |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | compounding |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | grafting |