Real Dictionary

-en in American English
to become or cause to be

-en in American English 1
suffix: a suffix formerly used to form transitive and intransitive verbs from adjectives ( fasten; harden; sweeten), or from nouns (heighten; lengthen; strengthen)

-en in American English 2
suffix: a suffix used to form adjectives of source or material from nouns

-en in American English 3
suffix: a suffix used to mark the past participle in many strong and some weak verbs

-en in American English 4
suffix: a suffix used in forming the plural of some nouns

-en in American English 5
suffix: a diminutive suffix

-en in British English 1
suffix forming verbs: cause to be; become; cause to have

-en in British English 2
suffix forming adjectives: of; made of; resembling

en in American English
the letter N
noun: the letter N, n

en in British English
abbreviation for: enrolled nurse
noun: a unit of measurement, half the width of an em

en-
prefix: En- is added to words to form verbs that describe the process of putting someone into a particular state, condition, or place, or to form adjectives and nouns that describe that process or those states and conditions.

en- in American English 1
to put or get into or on
prefix: a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with the general sense “to cause (a person or thing) to be in” the place, condition, or state named by the stem; more specifically, “to confine i

en- in American English 2
in
prefix: a prefix meaning “within, in,” occurring in loanwords from Greek

en- in British English 1
prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives: put in or on

en- in British English 2
prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives: in; into; inside