English Toolkit

Helpful Hint

OTHER COMMON PREFIXES


There are many different prefixes, and sometimes more than one with the same meaning. Here are some common ones. See if you can work out some words that they start. You may wish to look in a dictionary: ante- (before), anti (against, opposed to), uni- (one), bi- (two), di-(two), tri- (three), ex- (out of or former), pre- (before), inter- (between or among), post-(after), mono- (one), multi- (many), poly- (many), pro- (in favour of).