Meaning & use
Affixing
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Attaching or fastening something to another object, typically by sticking, tying, or stapling it.
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The clerk finished affixing stamps to each of the outgoing envelopes.
Workers spent the morning affixing safety labels to every crate on the loading dock.
A note on using this word
Affixing is the present participle of 'affix,' from Latin 'affigere,' meaning 'to fasten to'; the same root gives grammar its term 'affix' for a prefix or suffix attached to a word.
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detachingremoving
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