preverbs
/priːˈvɜːrbz/
noun
- Prefixes or particles added to verbs to change their meaning, especially in some languages like Greek or Sanskrit.
- In ancient Greek, preverbs like 'ana-' can change a verb's meaning from 'to go' to 'to go up'.
- Linguistics students study how preverbs modify the action of the base verb.
- The preverb 'out-' in English can turn 'run' into 'outrun', meaning to run faster than.