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This document provides a list of common prefixes and their meanings in 3 or fewer words each. Some prefixes mean not, away from, against, within, over, under, same, different, new, and false. Others indicate numbers like many, half, or togetherness. The prefixes help describe directions like in, out, through, around, before, and after.

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List of Common Prefixes and their Meanings a / an - not or without ab- away from ad- to or towards ambi- both anti- against apo- from or away from auto- self bene- good bio- connected with living things centro-, centri- center or around circum- around com- with, together con- with, together contra- against de- down or away dia-, di- through or across dis- apart or not dys- ill, difficult, bad e- out of, from ecto- on the outside en-, em- in endo- within or inside
epi- upon eso- inward or within ex- out of or from hetero- other or different homo- same hyper- over hypo- under il- not im- not or into in- not or into inter- between intra- within ir- not macro- large mal-, male- bad or evil mega- a million or very big meta- beyond micro- small mono- one or single neo- new or recent pan- all or every para- false per- through peri- around
phil-, philo- like or lover of poly- several post- after pre- before pro- for, forward pros- toward, in front proto- first pseudo- false re- again retro- back or again semi- half sub- under sur-, super- over or above syn, sym, syl, sys - with or together tele- distant or far off thermo- heat trans- across ©2010 LoveToKnow Home School http://home-school.lovetoknow.com/Main_Page

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  • 1. List of Common Prefixes and their Meanings a / an - not or without ab- away from ad- to or towards ambi- both anti- against apo- from or away from auto- self bene- good bio- connected with living things centro-, centri- center or around circum- around com- with, together con- with, together contra- against de- down or away dia-, di- through or across dis- apart or not dys- ill, difficult, bad e- out of, from ecto- on the outside en-, em- in endo- within or inside
  • 2. epi- upon eso- inward or within ex- out of or from hetero- other or different homo- same hyper- over hypo- under il- not im- not or into in- not or into inter- between intra- within ir- not macro- large mal-, male- bad or evil mega- a million or very big meta- beyond micro- small mono- one or single neo- new or recent pan- all or every para- false per- through peri- around
  • 3. phil-, philo- like or lover of poly- several post- after pre- before pro- for, forward pros- toward, in front proto- first pseudo- false re- again retro- back or again semi- half sub- under sur-, super- over or above syn, sym, syl, sys - with or together tele- distant or far off thermo- heat trans- across ©2010 LoveToKnow Home School http://home-school.lovetoknow.com/Main_Page