"circumfixation" meaning in English

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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "circum",
        "3": "fixation"
      },
      "expansion": "circum- + fixation",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From circum- + fixation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circumfixations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
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      },
      "expansion": "circumfixation (usually uncountable, plural circumfixations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with circum-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              163,
              178
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University",
          "ref": "1999 November 19, Markus Walther, “Alternative method: Lexical transducer plus intelligent copy module”, in One-Level Prosodic Morphology (Marburger Arbeiten zur Linguistik [Marburg Studies in Linguistics]; 1), Marburg: Institut fur Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg [Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University], →OCLC, page 57:",
          "text": "As we have just seen, the encoding is quite versatile. In fact, it is not even limited to describing reduplicative patterns alone but can also handle infixations, circumfixations and truncations.",
          "translation": "Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The morphological phenomenon of circumfixing."
      ],
      "id": "en-circumfixation-en-noun-E-clwfdS",
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        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ],
        [
          "circumfix",
          "circumfix"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "affixation"
        },
        {
          "word": "infixation"
        },
        {
          "word": "prefixation"
        },
        {
          "word": "suffixation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsəːkəmfɪˈkseɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "circumfixation"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "circum",
        "3": "fixation"
      },
      "expansion": "circum- + fixation",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From circum- + fixation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circumfixations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "circumfixation (usually uncountable, plural circumfixations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "affixation"
    },
    {
      "word": "infixation"
    },
    {
      "word": "prefixation"
    },
    {
      "word": "suffixation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              163,
              178
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University",
          "ref": "1999 November 19, Markus Walther, “Alternative method: Lexical transducer plus intelligent copy module”, in One-Level Prosodic Morphology (Marburger Arbeiten zur Linguistik [Marburg Studies in Linguistics]; 1), Marburg: Institut fur Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg [Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University], →OCLC, page 57:",
          "text": "As we have just seen, the encoding is quite versatile. In fact, it is not even limited to describing reduplicative patterns alone but can also handle infixations, circumfixations and truncations.",
          "translation": "Institute for German Linguistics, Marburg University",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The morphological phenomenon of circumfixing."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "phenomenon",
          "phenomenon"
        ],
        [
          "circumfix",
          "circumfix"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsəːkəmfɪˈkseɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "circumfixation"
}