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annex
[ verb uh-neks, an-eks; noun an-eks, -iks ]
verb (used with object)
- to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
- to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state:
Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.
- to take or appropriate, especially without permission.
- to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
noun
- something annexed.
- a subsidiary building or an addition to a building:
The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.
- something added to a document; appendix; supplement:
an annex to a treaty.
annex
verb
- to join or add, esp to something larger; attach
- to add (territory) by conquest or occupation
- to add or append as a condition, warranty, etc
- to appropriate without permission
noun
- a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ油, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·Ա·· adjective
- non··Ա·· adjective
- ··Ա verb (used with object)
- ··Ա verb (used with object)
- un··Ա·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of annex1
Example Sentences
He grew angry over two segments that aired in April, stories on the war in Ukraine and Trump’s desire to annex Greenland.
The unsuspecting saints may be gone by the time they realize that the pedestal to which we annexed them was a cliff or tripwire trapping them in the theater of an idea of themselves.
Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on America's northern neighbour and his repeated threats to annex the country as the "51st state" fanned deep anger as well as feelings of Canadian nationalism.
He's also been a visible opponent of the Trump administration's designs on annexing parts of Canada.
"You can't annex other countries," was her message for the US president at the time.
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