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prefix mainly added to kilo- nouns
mal- adj.• verbs.
nouns mega- nouns
adj. (informal) micro- adj.• nouns
mid- nouns
milli- nouns
mini- nouns
mis- verbs. nouns
mono- adj.• nouns multi- adj.• nouns
neo- adj.• nouns non- nouns. adj.
usual meaning thousand bad(ly)
million extremely very small
in the middle of
thousandth little wrong(ly)
one
many
new(ly) not
examples
kilometre. kilogram maltreat. malformed malfunction megabyte
mega-rich microlight (aircraft).
micrometer mid-December.
mid-afternoon millisecond miniskirt. minicab misunderstand.
misconduct monogamous.
monorail multilingual.
multi-purpose neo-classical. neo-Nazi non-smoker.
non-returnable omni- adj. all omnipresent
out- verbs. nouns
over- adj.• verbs pan- adj.
photo- adj.• nouns
poly- adj.• nouns post- adj.• nouns pre- adj.• nouns pro- adj.• nouns
pseudo- adj.
psycho- adj.• nouns re- verbs. nouns semi- adj.• nouns
socio- adj.• nouns sub- adj.• nouns
super- adj. nouns
tele- nouns thermo- adj.• nouns
trans- adj.• verbs tri- adj.• nouns
do/be more than
too much right across light
many
after
before
for. in favour of
false
mind. mental again. back half
society below
more than. special
distant heat
across three
outrun. outnumber (vb.) over-confident. overeat
pan-American photoelectric.
photosynthesis polyglot. polygon post-modem. postwar premarital. prewar pro-communist.
pro-government (adj.) pseudo-academic psycho-analysis
rebuild. reconstruction semi-conscious.
semicircle socio-economic sub-standard.
subconscious. subway supernatural.
supermarket telescope thermo-electric.
thermometer transatlantic. transplant tripartite. triangle
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