prepend

verb, noun — 3 senses

prepend

verb

/pɹɪˈpɛnd/

Etymology From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.

1

Computing, Engineering, Human sciences, Linguistics, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To 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:
Derived terms
prepender

prepend

noun

Etymology From pre- + (ap)pend, back-formation from append.

1

The act of prepending.

Related terms
append, postpend, prefix, postfix

prepend

verb

Etymology From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”).

1

Rare To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

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