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    This document lists prefixes from A-D and their meanings, and provides examples of words that incorporate each prefix. It explains that prefixes like a-, an- mean without or not; ab- means away or from; ad-, a-, ac-, as- mean to or toward. It also defines prefixes like ante meaning before, anti- meaning against, auto- meaning self, and bi- meaning two or both. The list of prefixes and their definitions serves as a reference for understanding how prefixes contribute to the meaning of words.

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    List of Prefixes: A-D

    PREFIX

    MEANING

    EXAMPLES

    a-, an-

    without, not

    anesthetic, atheist

    ab-

    away, from

    abject, abscess

    ad-, a-, ac-, as-

    to, toward

    access, admit, assist

    ante

    before

    antecedent, anterior

    anti-

    against

    antibiotics, antioxidant

    auto-

    self

    autoimmune, autonomous

    ben-

    good

    benefit, benign

    bi-

    two, both

    bifocals, bipolar

    circum-

    around

    circumference, circumscribe

    co-, com-, con-

    with

    companion, concurrent

    contra-, counter-

    against

    contradict, counteract

    de-

    not, from, down

    degenerate, depress

    di-, dis-

    lack of, not, apart

    disadvantage, displacement

    Prefixes E-M
    eu-

    good, normal

    eugenics, eulogy

    ex-

    out (of), former

    expose, extract

    exo-, ecto-, extra-, extro- outside

    exoskeleton, extraordinary

    fore-

    before

    foresee, foreshadow

    hemi-

    half

    hemisphere

    hyper

    above, excessive

    hyperactive, hypertension

    hypo-

    under, insufficient

    hypodermic, hypothetical

    il-, im-, in-, ir-

    in, into, not, against

    illegitimate, inadequate

    inter-

    among. between

    interpose, intervene

    intra-

    within

    intramural, intravenous

    macro-

    large

    macrobiotic, macrocosm

    mal-

    bad

    malfunction, malignant

    micro-

    small

    microbe, microscope

    mis-

    wrong

    misfortune, mistake

    mono-

    one

    monolingual, monopoly

    multi-

    many

    multiple, multitask

    Prefixes: N-U
    non-

    not, lacking

    nonfat, nonsense

    ob-,o-, oc-, op-

    against, over, completely object, occur, omit, oppose

    omni-

    all

    omnipotent, omnivorous

    peri-

    around

    peripheral, periscope

    poly-

    many

    polygamous, polygon

    post-

    after

    postgraduate, postpone

    pre-

    before

    precede, predict, prevent

    pro-

    forward

    progress, promotion

    quad-

    four

    quadriplegic, quadrangle

    re-

    again, back

    reform, retain, regenerate

    semi-

    half, partially

    semiannual, semiconscious

    sub-

    under

    submarine, subtropical

    super-, supra-

    above, excessive

    superlative, suprarenal

    sym-, syn-

    with, together

    sympathy, synthetic

    trans-

    across, beyond

    Transform, transportation

    tri-

    three

    tricycle, triple

    ultra-

    beyond. excessive

    ultraliberal, ultrasonic

    un-

    not

    undeserved, unhappy

    uni-

    one

    uniform, unilateral

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