Prefixes for Enhancement or Reduction
Prefixes for Enhancement or Reduction | Englisch Grammatik
Prefixes for Enhancement
Prefixes for Reduction
Additional Contextual PrefixesWhile these prefixes often overlap with other categories, their meanings in specific contexts relate to enhancement or reduction:
- over-: excessive, above
- Examples: overeat, overreact, overestimate
- super-: above, beyond
- Examples: superhuman, superstar, superimpose
- ultra-: beyond, extreme
- Examples: ultraviolet, ultramodern, ultralight
- hyper-: over, excessive
- Examples: hyperactive, hypertension, hyperbole
- mega-: large, great
- Examples: megaphone, megastar, megabyte
- maxi-: largest, most
- Examples: maximize, maximum, maxillofacial
Prefixes for Reduction
- under-: insufficient, below
- Examples: underestimate, underpaid, underdeveloped
- sub-: under, below, less than
- Examples: submarine, subpar, subconscious
- infra-: beneath, below
- Examples: infrastructure, infrared, infrasonic
- hypo-: under, below normal
- Examples: hypoglycemia, hypothermia, hypothesis
- mini-: small, reduced
- Examples: minimize, minivan, miniature
Additional Contextual PrefixesWhile these prefixes often overlap with other categories, their meanings in specific contexts relate to enhancement or reduction:
- macro-: large, great (enhancement)
- Examples: macroeconomics, macroscopic
- micro-: small, tiny (reduction)
- Examples: microscope, microorganism
- epi-: on, above, close to (enhancement in spatial sense)
- Examples: epicenter, epidermis
- apo-: away from, reduce intensity (reduction)
- Examples: apology, apocalypse