MEANING
1. To attach something to a surface or position, often firmly or formally.
2. A meaningful element attached to a word or stem to form or modify a word.
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Words that belong together
- affix a seal
- affix a notice
- affix to a wall
On the page
She affixed the warning where every arriving worker would see it.
The clerk affixed the seal only after comparing the two signatures.
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Word forms
- Base
- affix
- Past tense
- affixed
- Past participle
- affixed
- Present participle
- affixing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- affix
- Present continuous
- am/is/are affixing
- Present perfect
- have/has affixed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been affixing
- Past
- affixed
- Past continuous
- was/were affixing
- Past perfect
- had affixed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been affixing
- Future
- will affix
- Future continuous
- will be affixing
- Future perfect
- will have affixed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been affixing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: affix; affixes; affixed; affixed; affixing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: affixes.
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