annex

[ verb uh-neks, an-eks; noun 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

noun

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe

Derived Forms

• anˈnexable, adjective

Other Words From

• an·nex·a·ble adjective
• non·an·nex·a·ble adjective
• pre·an·nex verb (used with object)
• re·an·nex verb (used with object)
• un·an·nex·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of annex¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of annex¹

C14: from Medieval Latin annexāre, from Latin annectere to attach to, from nectere to join

Example Sentences

The most likely scenario, according to the cold case team, was that Arnold van den Bergh, a Jewish notary, tipped off authorities to the Frank family’s hiding place in a secret annex of a building in Amsterdam.

From Washington Post

“The team and I sat down and we compiled a list of ways in which the annex could have been compromised,” he said.

From Washington Post

Months after the closure, an annex elsewhere in the county began offering immunizations, infectious disease testing, women’s health and other programs.

From ProPublica

Because hundreds of NBC Sports staffers have been left home at their Stamford headquarters due to capacity restrictions in Japan — and because that headquarters has its own social-distancing requirements — the company created an annex to house them.

From Washington Post

Cocaine and cannabis were also passed around at the party, which moved from the annex house to the main chapter lodge.

From Washington Post

A few hours later the Annex itself came under attack and two of the same brave GRS operatives were killed.

From The Daily Beast

Annex Medical Inc Annex Medical and Sacred Heart Medical are companies that design, manufacture, and sell medical devices.

From The Daily Beast

She was the first but not last leader of Russia to annex Crimea.

From The Daily Beast

“We are too small to be independent for long and would have to ask Russia to annex us,” says translator Alec.

From The Daily Beast

That team fought their way back to the CIA annex with other Americans and sustained a low-level firefight throughout the evening.

From The Daily Beast

But, nevertheless, in this house and not in its secret annex of a Hundred Raptures he designed to spend the night.

From Project Gutenberg

Th' ilivator in th' left annex fell thirteen stories Thursday, but no wan was injured.

From Project Gutenberg

Electricity seems destined to annex the whole field, not merely of optics, but probably also of thermotics.

From Project Gutenberg

Once more men began to value empire, to seek to annex new territory overseas, and to bind closer the existing possessions.

From Project Gutenberg

Further, Hodgeman and he built an annex out of spare timber to connect the entrance veranda with the store.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• addendum
• appendix