prepend
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From pre- + (ap)pend, by analogy with append.
Verb edit
prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)
- (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.
- 2023 May 11, Wen-Wei LiaoMobin AsriJana Ebleret al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, :
- 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).
Translations edit
to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix
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Noun edit
prepend (plural prepends)
- The act of prepending.
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From pre- + Latin pendere (“weigh”).
Verb edit
prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)
- (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.