COPR Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) Practice Exam

How do the prefixes anti- and ante- differ?

They are the American and British versions of the same prefix meaning 'against' anti means before or forward and ante means against anti means against and ante means before or forward They are both suffixes, not prefixes

Correct Answer:

anti means against and ante means before or forward

Explanation:

The idea being tested is how these prefixes convey meaning in opposite directions. Anti- expresses opposition or being against something. Ante- signals that something comes before or is in front of something else. So the best explanation is that anti means against and ante means before or in front of. Examples help: antibiotic opposes bacteria; ante meridiem refers to before noon; an antecedent is something that comes before. The other statements aren’t correct because these are distinct prefixes, not variants of the same one, and they are prefixes rather than suffixes.

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