prepend

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɛnd/

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  Rhymes: -ɛnd

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

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (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, →DOI:

     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).

prepend (plural prepends)

1. The act of prepending.

• append
• postpend
• prefix
• postfix

From pre- +‎ Latin pendere (“weigh”).

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

• perpend