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the act of attaching or affixing something
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a process in morphology where affixes, which are bound morphemes, are attached to a base or root morpheme to create new words or modify the meaning or grammatical function of existing words
Affixation is the process of adding prefixes, suffixes, infixes, or circumfixes to a base word or root to create new words or change the meaning of the original word. For example, in the word "unhappy", the prefix "un-" is added to the root "happy" to create a new meaning, indicating the opposite of happiness. Affixation allows for the expansion of vocabulary and can change a word's grammatical function, such as turning a noun into an adjective or a verb into a noun. This process is common in many languages and plays a key role in word formation and language structure.
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the result of adding an affix to a root word