Annex Definition

ə-nĕks, ănĕks
annexed, annexes, annexing
verb
annexed, annexes, annexing
To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.
American Heritage
To add on or attach, as a smaller thing to a larger; append.
Webster's New World
To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.
American Heritage
To add to as a condition, consequence, etc.
Webster's New World
To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
American Heritage
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noun
A building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one.
American Heritage
Something added on.
Webster's New World
An addition, such as an appendix, that is made to a record or other document.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Annex

Noun

Singular:
annex
Plural:
annexes

Origin of Annex

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English annexen from Old French annexer from Latin annectere annex- to connect ad- ad- nectere to bind ned- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French annexe, from Latin annexus.

    From Wiktionary

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