prepend

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

  Rhymes: -ɛnd

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From pre- + (ap)pend, by analogy with append.

Verb

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.

Translations

to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix

• French: préfixer (fr)
• German: voranstellen (de)
• Indonesian: dilampirkan (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: предварять (ru) (predvarjatʹ)
• Spanish: anteponer (es)

Noun

prepend (plural prepends)

1. The act of prepending.

See also

• append
• postpend
• prefix
• postfix

Etymology 2

From pre- +‎ Latin pendere (“weigh”).

Verb

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

Anagrams

• perpend