Definition of Annex

Babylon English
annex
v. incorporate, add, append (territory, etc.); join, connect
n. attachment

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Annex Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
annex
A document appended to an operation order or other document to make it clearer or to give further details.
  


Annex Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Annex
(v. t.)
To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
  
(v. t.)
To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
  
(v. t.)
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
  
(v. i.)
To join; to be united.
  
(n.)
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
  

WordNet 2.0
annex

Noun
1. an addition that extends a main building
(synonym) annexe, extension, wing
(hypernym) addition, add-on, improver
(hyponym) ell
(part-holonym) building, edifice

Verb
1. take illegally, as of territory; "The Israelis are annexing more and more territory on the West Bank"
(hypernym) appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
2. take (territory) by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
(hypernym) assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
(hyponym) colonize, colonise
3. attach to
(hypernym) append, add on, supplement, affix
(derivation) annexe, extension, wing

hEnglish - advanced version
annex

annex
\an*nex"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. annexed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. annexing.] [f. annexer, fr. l. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to skr. nah to bind.]
1. to join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "he annexed a codicil to a will."
2. to join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. he annexed a province to his kingdom.
3. to attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.


for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America
annex
To add or affix at the end.

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Arddodi
Arddodi = v. to prefix, to annex


Annex Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Annex
Annex or Annexe may refer to:

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