annex
- to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
- to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state: Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.
- to take or appropriate, especially without permission.
- to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
- something annexed.
- a subsidiary building or an addition to a building: The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.
- something added to a document; appendix; supplement: an annex to a treaty.
Origin of annex
Related Words for annex
addendum, appendix, adjoin, addition, affix, arm, adjunct, supplement, attachment, subsidiary, wing, ell, associate, unite, attach, appropriate, tag, link, connect, fastenExamples from the Web for annex
Contemporary Examples of annex
A few hours later the Annex itself came under attack and two of the same brave GRS operatives were killed.
This Sexy Thriller Is Just the Document the Benghazi Commission NeedsChristopher Dickey
September 15, 2014
Annex Medical Inc Annex Medical and Sacred Heart Medical are companies that design, manufacture, and sell medical devices.
She was the first but not last leader of Russia to annex Crimea.
“We are too small to be independent for long and would have to ask Russia to annex us,” says translator Alec.
That team fought their way back to the CIA annex with other Americans and sustained a low-level firefight throughout the evening.
Historical Examples of annex
It worked so well that by the second week in September we had to open t'other Annex.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
But you aren't going to annex that oil until you hear from the owners?
The Forbidden TrailHonor Willsie
Adasaolan, however, did not annex the territory of his defeated cousin.
The Philippine IslandsJohn Foreman
I wish we could annex this place and add it on to the Villa Camellia.
The Jolliest School of AllAngela Brazil
Annex Texas, and a great field of expansion for slavery was open.
The Negro and the NationGeorge S. Merriam
annex
- to join or add, esp to something larger; attach
- to add (territory) by conquest or occupation
- to add or append as a condition, warranty, etc
- to appropriate without permission
- a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe
Word Origin for annex
Word Origin and History for annex
late 14c., "to connect with," from Old French annexer "to join" (13c.), from Medieval Latin annexare, frequentative of Latin annecetere "to bind to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + nectere "to tie, bind" (see nexus). Almost always meaning "to join in a subordinate capacity." Of nations or territories, c.1400. Related: Annexed; annexing.
1540s, "an adjunct, accessory," from French annexe, from annexer (see annex (v.)). Meaning "supplementary building" is from 1861.