append

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/ əˈpɛnd /

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verb (used with object)

to add as a supplement, accessory, or appendix; subjoin: to append a note to a letter.

to attach or suspend as a pendant.

to sign a document with; affix: to append one's signature to a will.

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Origin of append

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

OTHER WORDS FROM append

mis·ap·pend·ed, adjectiveun·ap·pend·ed, adjective

Words nearby append

appellation contrôlée, appellative, appellee, appellor, 'appen, append, appendage, appendages of eye, appendages of skin, appendant, appendectomy

How to use append in a sentence

In 2021, it might make sense to append “user-generated” at the beginning of that statement.
With user-generated content on the rise, platforms are emerging to support this new type of creator|Alexander Lee|September 17, 2021|Digiday
Group Nine works with a few vendors to append extra information onto its users.
‘Good proxy for propensity’: Group Nine preps first-party data offering focused on video views|Max Willens|June 2, 2021|Digiday
I added,” he wrote, appending the acronym “YOLO,” meaning “you only live once.
The GameStop stock craze is about a populist uprising against Wall Street. But it’s more complicated than that.|David J. Lynch|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Then in July it appended a feature for people to share screenshots of its shows to share on platforms like Twitter and Instagram.
‘They got the memo’: Quibi changes tone, tact after failed debut|Tim Peterson|August 12, 2020|Digiday

Just append “/tweber/socialmedia” to your search terms when using Blekko.
Testing the New Google Killer|Thomas E. Weber|November 3, 2010|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.
Have We Given Up on Fiction?|Tom Shone|March 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST
I append her experience as nearly as possible as she is stated to have told it.
Scottish Ghost Stories|Elliott O'Donnell
Get it translated, and append it as a note to the next edition.
My Recollections of Lord Byron|Teresa Guiccioli
She has several elaborate and even pretty ties which she is obliged to append to her sofas and easy-chairs.
Girls and Women|Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
We append an extract from the Wallum-Olum as a specimen of genuine aboriginal composition.
The Myths of the North American Indians|Lewis Spence
And for testimony to all (and for good measure) I here with pen and ink append my name: Walt Whitman.
The Bibliography of Walt Whitman|Frank Shay

British Dictionary definitions for append

append

/ (əˈpɛnd) /

verb (tr)

to add as a supplementto append a footnote

to attach; hang on

Word Origin for append

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

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