prepend

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to add something at the beginning of a string or text

   The code will prepend a header to each message.

2. 2
   verb

   to fix or attach something at the beginning of another thing

   The system will prepend a timestamp to each log entry.

A modern formation modeled on append, from Latin prae- ('before') + pendere ('to hang'); chiefly used in computing to mean 'add to the beginning'.

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