"ana-" meaning in English

See ana- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἀνα-}} Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), {{doublet|en|on-}} Doublet of on- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} ana-, {{en-prefix}} ana-
  1. up, above, upward Tags: morpheme Synonyms (up): supra- Translations (up; upwards): ana- (Irish), anai- (Irish), ana- (Polish), ana- (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-WkIHPumk Disambiguation of 'up': 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'up; upwards': 79 7 5 0 0 0 10
  2. again Tags: morpheme Synonyms (again): re-
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-tMnhQGHC Disambiguation of 'again': 2 90 1 0 3 0 3
  3. backward in direction, reversed Tags: morpheme Synonyms (reversed): un-
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-5Yl1SwbN Disambiguation of 'reversed': 7 0 79 0 0 7 7
  4. thoroughly Tags: morpheme Synonyms (thoroughly): per-, pur-
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-aj3WvVeP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 0 9 29 33 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 2 0 3 20 22 0 10 0 2 7 7 7 7 1 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 2 18 20 0 9 0 1 9 6 7 7 1 8 1 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 0 8 28 34 2 21 Disambiguation of 'thoroughly': 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
  5. against Tags: morpheme Synonyms: disto- [distal], extra- [distal] Synonyms (against): contra-, counter-
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-pxjj6a76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 0 9 29 33 3 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 0 6 27 40 0 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 2 0 3 20 22 0 10 0 2 7 7 7 7 1 9 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 2 18 20 0 9 0 1 9 6 7 7 1 8 1 8 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 0 8 28 34 2 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 0 9 30 37 2 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 0 12 27 35 2 14 Disambiguation of 'against': 0 3 0 0 96 0 0 Derived forms: anaglyph, anagogy, anafront, anascopic, Anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic, analogy, anamorphism, anagram, anacampylotropous, anadrome, ananym, anaplasia, anatropous, anatropy, analeptic, anabiosis, analysis, analects, anatomy, analyte, anachronism, anatoxin, anamodernism, anafunctor, anacolpate, analept, anaporate, anatreme, anaseismic, anagalactic, anagen, anaprotaspis, anabranch, anabranching, anacladogenesis, anagenesis, analogous, isoanabase
  6. distal, away from Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-Wj88Sh~e
  7. to grow or change in place; functionally similar Tags: morpheme Synonyms (functionally similar): quasi-
    Sense id: en-ana--en-prefix-bJqwKRUY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 0 9 29 33 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 2 0 3 20 22 0 10 0 2 7 7 7 7 1 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 0 8 28 34 2 21 Disambiguation of 'functionally similar': 3 2 3 6 8 2 75
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow or change in place; functionally similar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in place",
          "in place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "up",
      "word": "supra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "again",
      "word": "re-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reversed",
      "word": "un-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "thoroughly",
      "word": "per-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "thoroughly",
      "word": "pur-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "contra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "counter-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "distal"
      ],
      "word": "disto-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "distal"
      ],
      "word": "extra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "functionally similar",
      "word": "quasi-"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "up; upwards",
      "word": "ana-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "up; upwards",
      "word": "anai-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "up; upwards",
      "word": "ana-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "up; upwards",
      "word": "ana-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ana-"
}

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