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annex

[uh-neks, an-eks, an-eks, -iks]

verb (used with object)

  1. to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.

  2. to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state.

    Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.

  3. to take or appropriate, especially without permission.

  4. to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.



noun

  1. something annexed.

  2. a subsidiary building or an addition to a building.

    The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.

  3. something added to a document; appendix; supplement.

    an annex to a treaty.

annex

verb

  1. to join or add, esp to something larger; attach

  2. to add (territory) by conquest or occupation

  3. to add or append as a condition, warranty, etc

  4. to appropriate without permission

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • annexable adjective
  • nonannexable adjective
  • preannex verb (used with object)
  • reannex verb (used with object)
  • unannexable adjective
  • ˈԱ油 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annex1

First recorded in 1350–1400; (verb) Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French annexer, from Medieval Latin ԲԱ, derivative of Latin annexus “tied to,” past participle of annectere ( annectent ); (noun) from French annexe or noun use of verb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annex1

C14: from Medieval Latin ԲԱ, from Latin annectere to attach to, from nectere to join
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Crimea has been under occupation since Vladimir Putin annexed the peninsula in 2014, when Russia's war in Ukraine began.

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Moscow controls roughly one-fifth of the country's territory, including Crimea, which it annexed in 2014.

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Every year thousands of Israelis march a route through Jerusalem and the annexed Old City, ending at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray in Jerusalem.

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This includes Crimea - Ukraine's southern peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.

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This includes Crimea - Ukraine's southern peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

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