Prefix: TELE-
Prefix: TELE-
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A telephone is a device that people use to talk to those who are far away. Even if you didn't know what a telephone was, you could figure it out just by looking at the parts of the word.
TELEPHONE has two parts: TELE + PHONE
The first part of telephone, TELE-, is a prefix. A prefix is a word or group of letters that help you understand the meaning of the word.
TELE- means "far off" or "at a distance." So a TELEPHONE is a device for talking to people far off or at a distance.
The practice questions and video below will help you discover more words that use the prefix TELE-.
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