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annex
[ verb uh-neks, an-eks; noun an-eks, -iks ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
noun
- 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.
annex
verb
- 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
noun
- a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ油, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Ա·· adjective
- non··Ա·· adjective
- ··Ա verb (used with object)
- ··Ա verb (used with object)
- un··Ա·· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of annex1
Example Sentences
Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in annexing Canada and Greenland.
Canada has come to believe that Trump is actually serious about wanting to annex their country and is intent upon collapsing their economy in order to make that happen.
Vance, Greenland and Canada have everything to gain and nothing to lose from being annexed to the United States.
The planned visit raised eyebrows, however, in light of President Donald Trump's repeated comments that he would like to annex mineral-rich Greenland, which he says is critical for US security.
So said the president who had launched a full-scale invasion of a sovereign neighbouring country and claims to have annexed whole swathes of Ukraine.
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