postfix
/ˈpoʊstfɪks/
noun
- A letter, syllable, or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or function; a suffix.
- In English, the postfix "-ed" is used to form the past tense of regular verbs.
- The postfix "-ness" turns adjectives like "happy" into nouns like "happiness."
- Learning common postfixes can help you understand new vocabulary more easily.
- In computing, an operator placed after its operands (also called postfix notation or Reverse Polish Notation).
- The programmer wrote a function to convert infix expressions to postfix.
- In postfix, the expression "3 4 +" means add 3 and 4.
- Some calculators use postfix input, which eliminates the need for parentheses.
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verb
- To add a letter, syllable, or group of letters to the end of a word.
- In many languages, you postfix a marker to indicate the plural form.
- You can postfix "-er" to many verbs to create nouns meaning "a person who does that action."
- The teacher explained how to postfix "-ly" to form adverbs from adjectives.
- In computing, to place an operator after its operand(s).
- The algorithm postfixes the operator after reading both operands.
- When you postfix the operator, the expression becomes easier for a computer to evaluate.
- The compiler automatically postfixes operators during the translation process.