annex

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From French annexe

[edit] Noun

Singular
annex

Plural
annexes

annex (plural annexes)

  1. An addition, an extension.
  2. An appendix.
  3. An addition or extension to a building.
[edit] Translations
An addition, an extension
An appendix
An addition or extension to a building

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Old French annexer (“‘to join’”), from Mediaeval Latin annexare, frequentative of Latin annecetere (“‘to bind to’”), from ad- (“‘to’”) + nectere (“‘to tie", "bind’”)

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to annex

Third person singular
annexes

Simple past
annexed

Past participle
annexed

Present participle
annexing

to annex (third-person singular simple present annexes, present participle annexing, simple past and past participle annexed)

  1. To add something to another, to incorporate into.
    The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
[edit] Translations
To add something to another, to incorporate into
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[edit] Noun

Inflection for annex Singular Plural
neuter Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form annex annexet annex annexen
Possessive form annex annexets annex annexens

annex

  1. annex
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