Meanings
prepend1
present singular third person prepends · participle present prepending · participle past prepended · past prepended
- transitivecomputingTo attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.
The final cleaned assemblies in GenBank were downloaded, and the contig identifiers were pre-pended with the sample name and haplotype integer (where 1 = paternal and 2 = maternal).
2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI
prepend2
present singular third person prepends · participle present prepending · participle past prepended · past prepended
- raretransitiveTo premeditate; to weigh up mentally.
Origin
prepend · verb, noun
From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.
Full word history & related roots →prepend · verb
- Latinpendere“weigh”
- Englishprepend
From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech přidat na začátek
- přidat na začátekto attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
Esperanto antaŭglui, antaŭaldoni
- antaŭgluito attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
- antaŭaldonito attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
French préfixer
- préfixerto attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
German voranstellen
- voranstellento attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
Indonesian dilampirkan
- dilampirkanto attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
Portuguese antepor
- anteporto attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
Russian предварять
- предварять (predvarjatʹ)to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
Spanish anteponer
- anteponerto attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
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Cite this entry
prepend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepend
“prepend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepend. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepend.
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