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prepended vs prepended to

Both "prepended" and "prepended to" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Prepended" is used when referring to adding something at the beginning of a list or sequence, while "prepended to" is used when specifying what the item is being added to.

Last updated: March 20, 2024 • 2488 views

prepended

This phrase is correct when referring to adding something at the beginning of a list or sequence.

This phrase is used when describing the action of adding something at the beginning of a list or sequence.

Examples:

The new item was prepended to the list.
The prefix was prepended to the word.

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prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended). (computing, linguistics ...
prepended. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump to: navigation, search. English[edit]. Verb[edit]. prepended. simple past tense and past participle ...
"ponder, consider," 1560s, from pre- + Latin pendere "to weigh" (see pendant ). Related: Prepended ; prepending. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas ...
Define prepend and get synonyms. What is prepend? prepend meaning, pronunciation and more by Macmillan Dictionary.

Alternatives:

added at the beginning
placed at the start
inserted at the front
attached at the beginning
put at the top

prepended to

This phrase is correct when specifying what the item is being added to.

This phrase is used to indicate the target or destination where something is being added at the beginning.

Examples:

The new item was prepended to the existing list.
The prefix was prepended to the word.

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1.1 Computing Attach (a piece of data) to the beginning of another: in this case, you must prepend the server name to the database name, separated by a period.
To attach to the beginning of data. For example, a header is "prepended" to a network packet. Although it sounds correct, prepend is not an English word. It was ...
Timo Brandes. Locales prepended to URLs although locale.prepend.friendly.url. style is 0. December 12, 2015 3:53 AM. Answer. Timo Brandes. Rank: New ...
I inherited a site that is using this plugin to output a file via the PHP header command - suddenly, a blank line is being prepended to the output, breaking the file ...

Alternatives:

added to the beginning of
placed before
inserted in front of
attached to the start of
put at the beginning of

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