
But with the prefix inter- before it, it’s pretty clear that interference refers to sonar sounds bouncing off of each other. “Ference” isn’t really a word on its own.

If a big, tall machine that is used to lift heavy construction material is removed, it’s probably also taken apart. an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings don't take it wrongI don't mean it as a dis.
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For each prefix, we’ll also look at examples of these prefixes, with tips on how to use prefixes to as clues to the definitions of TOEFL vocabulary words.ĭe- to get rid of something or reduce it to a smaller quantity

It means that the OBD-II system has checked this emissions control system and it has. In this post, we’ll review the meanings of these three prefixes. Monitor status Complete or ready meaning that the test has been completed.

These prefixes are very important on the TOEFL, because they can help you guess at the meanings of unfamiliar academic words. Possibly related are Greek diá "apart, through" (see dia-), assuming *dis-a-, and the West Germanic prefix represented by Old Saxon and Old Frisian te- "apart, in pieces," Old High German zi-, ze- (also zer-, perhaps crossed with zur-, Old English and Old Norse tor- "with difficulty," Gothic tuz-, from the Germanic outcome of Indo-European *dus-) and Old English and Old Saxon to- (assimilated to tō to entry 1?) the Gothic counterpart dis- "apart, away," with apparently unshifted d-, has no accepted explanation.In a recent post, we looked at the meanings of the English prefixes de-, dis-, and inter. Latin dis- is conventionally linked with bi- bi- entry 1, bis "twice," going back to *duis, but the loss of -u- is unexplained (perhaps from Indo-European *dus- "bad, dys-," otherwise unattested in Latin, crossed with duis-?).

Borrowed from Middle French & Latin Middle French des-, borrowed from Latin dis-, dī- (before b, d, g, l, m, n, v, r), dir- (before vowels), dif- (before f) "apart, asunder, in two," of uncertain origin
