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an·nex
(ə-nĕks′, ăn′ĕks′)tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es
1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.
2. To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.
3. To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
n. (ăn′ĕks′, ăn′ĭks)
1. A building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one.
2. An addition, such as an appendix, that is made to a record or other document.
[Middle English annexen, from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere, annex-, to connect : ad-, ad- + nectere, to bind; see ned- in Indo-European roots.]
an′nex·a′tion (ăn′ĭk-sā′shən) n.
an′nex·a′tion·al adj.
an′nex·a′tion·ism n.
an′nex·a′tion·ist n.
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annex
vb (tr)
1. to join or add, esp to something larger; attach
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to add (territory) by conquest or occupation
3. to add or append as a condition, warranty, etc
4. to appropriate without permission
n
a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe
[C14: from Medieval Latin annexāre, from Latin annectere to attach to, from nectere to join]
anˈnexable adj
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an•nex
(v. əˈnɛks, ˈæn ɛks; n. ˈæn ɛks, -ɪks)v.t.
1. to attach, append, or add, esp. 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, esp. without permission: planned to annex the private documents for their own use.
4. to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
n. 5. something annexed.
6. a subsidiary building or an addition to a building.
7. something added to a document; appendix; supplement: an annex to a treaty.
Also, esp. Brit.,an′nexe.[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French annexer < Medieval Latin annexāre, derivative of Latin annexus, past participle of annectere, adnectere to attach]
an`nex•a′tion, n.
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annex
A document appended to an operation order or other document to make it clearer or to give further details.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
annex
Past participle: annexed
Gerund: annexing
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| Noun | 1. | annex - an addition that extends a main building addition, add-on, improver - a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" ell - an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building |
| Verb | 1. | annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania" |
| 2. | annex - attach to append, add on, affix, supplement - add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" |
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annex
verb
1. seize, take over, appropriate, acquire, occupy, conquer, expropriate, arrogate Rome annexed the Nabatean kingdom in 106 AD.
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Translations
مُلْحَق، مُلاحَق، مُلحَقَاتيَضُم، يُلْحِق
připojitpřístavekzabrat
anneksannektereindlemmetilbygning
lisa
aneksanektirati
annektálépületszárnyfüggelékhozzácsatol
innlimaviîbygging
aneksijaaneksuotipriestatasprijungti
anektētpiebūvepievienot
anektovaťprístavok
ekek binaele geçirmekmüştemilattopraklarına katmak
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annex
[vb əˈnɛks; n ˈænɛks]1. vt (territory) to annex (to) → annettere (a)
2. n (Brit) (also annexe) → (edificio) annesso
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annex
(əˈneks) verb to take possession of (eg a country).
(ˈӕneks) (also ˈannexe)>noun a building added to, or used as an addition to, another building. a hotel annexe.
ˌannexˈation (ӕ-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.