annex
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- annexe (UK)
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French annexe.
Noun[edit]
annex (plural annexes)
- An addition, an extension.
- An appendix.
- An addition or extension to a building.
- An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
Translations[edit]
addition, an extension
appendix
addition or extension to a building
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addition of territory
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French annexer (“to join”), from Medieval Latin annexāre, present active infinitive of annexō, frequentative of Latin annectō (“bind to”), from ad (“to”) + nectō (“tie, bind”).
Verb[edit]
annex (third-person singular simple present annexes, present participle annexing, simple past and past participle annexed)
- To add something to another thing; to incorporate.
- The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
- 2009, Wikipedia:Syngman Rhee:
- In 1910, he returned to Korea, which had by this time been annexed by Japan.
- To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
- to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
- (intransitive) To join; to be united.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tooke to this entry?)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]
To add something to another, to incorporate into
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Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
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