append

[uh-pend]

verb (used with object)

1. to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin.

   to append a note to a letter.

2. to attach or suspend as a pendant.

3. to sign a document with; affix.

   to append one's signature to a will.

append

/ əˈpɛnd /

verb

1. to add as a supplement

   to append a footnote

2. to attach; hang on

Other Word Forms

• misappended adjective
• unappended adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of append¹

1640–50; < Latin appendere, equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ ( def. ) + -pendere to hang (transitive)

Word History and Origins

Origin of append¹

C15: from Late Latin appendere to hang (something) from, from Latin pendere to hang

Example Sentences

However, he adds that other features, like "community notes" that allow contributors to append context to a viral post, shows the platform is taking transparency seriously.

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But demolishing the East Wing and appending a 90,000-square-foot ballroom is, quite simply, not the same thing.

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We each appended a message to explain why the Reuters report was just plain wrong.

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Sharks had been swimming in the culture before that, to be sure, often with the prefix “man-eating” appended, though men eat sharks too, and way more often — so who’s the real apex predator?

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That’s been one of his things this tour: when a city has earned it, he will append the f-bomb to the city’s name out of respect.

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Related Words

• affix