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Preposition Prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dis- | not |
| em- | into |
| de- | off, away from |
| trans- | across, through |
| super- | above, beyond |
| post- | after, behind |
| pre- | before, ahead of time; also pri- |
| re- | again, backward |
| sub- | under, below |
| hyper- | over, excessive |
| para- | beside, near |
| mis- | bad, wrong |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| leg- | read, speak |
| lit- | letter, word |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| ex- | out, away from |
| rect- | straight, right |
| con- | with, by |
| anti- | against, opposing; also anta- |
| ad- | to, toward, near |
| ab- | away from, out from |
| dia- | through, across |
| non- | not |
| ob- | in front of, against |
| counter- | opposed, against; also contra-, contro- |
| pro- | before, forward |
| syn- | with, together |
| ante- | before, in front of |
| sur- | more, over |
| under- | below |
| for- | premise, before, beginning; also fore- |
| inter- | between, among, within, during, layers, into, inward; also intra-,intro- |
| per- | by, through |
| un- | not, opposite |
| il- | false, absent |
| com- | with, together; also comm- |
| crit- | separate, choose |
| cryp- | secret, hidden |
| ami- | love |
| apt- | to fit |
| im- | not; also in- |
| al- | pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of |
| prepositional prefix | affixes (word parts) that indicate location, time, or movement |
| pos- | place, put |