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 Words From

• misap·pended adjective
• unap·pended 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

The blockchain is a transparent ledger and it’s an append-only block.

From MIT Technology Review

However, if they deactivated their accounts before January 2020 when controls over off-Facebook activity data were made available, Facebook could still be appending data shared by advertisers to their paused accounts.

From Digiday

We only create data assets and append data assets on people who are 18 and above.

From Digiday

In 2021, it might make sense to append “user-generated” at the beginning of that statement.

From Digiday

Group Nine works with a few vendors to append extra information onto its users.

From Digiday

Just append “/tweber/socialmedia” to your search terms when using Blekko.

From The Daily Beast

Random House lawyers were not so convinced and told him to append a complete list of citations at the back of the book.

From The Daily Beast

I append her experience as nearly as possible as she is stated to have told it.

From Project Gutenberg

Get it translated, and append it as a note to the next edition.

From Project Gutenberg

She has several elaborate and even pretty ties which she is obliged to append to her sofas and easy-chairs.

From Project Gutenberg

We append an extract from the Wallum-Olum as a specimen of genuine aboriginal composition.

From Project Gutenberg

And for testimony to all (and for good measure) I here with pen and ink append my name: Walt Whitman.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• affix