Definition of annex Annex

/æˈnɛˌks/ - [aneks] - an•nex

We found 16 definitions of annex from 5 different sources.

What does annex mean?

Noun Plural: annexes
annex - an addition that extends a main building
		annexe, extension, wing
		add-on, improver, addition the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years"
		edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
Verb annexes, annexing, annexed
annex - attach to
		add on, affix, append, supplement make an addition; "Let's add on to this"
annex - take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania"
		usurp, arrogate, seize, take over, assume take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
		colonise, colonize settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"

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annex (Noun)
An addition, an extension.
annex (Noun)
An appendix.
annex (Noun)
An addition or extension to a building.
annex (Noun)
An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
annex (Verb)
To add something to another thing; to incorporate.
annex (Verb)
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.

annex (v. t.)
To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.
annex (v. t.)
To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
annex (v. t.)
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
annex (v. i.)
To join; to be united.
annex (n.)
Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

annex
an-neks′, v.t. to add to the end: to join or attach: to take permanent possession of additional territory: to affix: append (with to).—n. something added: a supplementary building—often with the Fr. spelling annexe.—n. Annexā′tion, act of annexing.—n. and adj. Annexā′tionist.—ns. Annex′ion, Annex′ment (Shak.), addition: the thing annexed. [Fr. annexer—L. annex-um, annectĕre: ad, to, nect-ĕre, to tie.]

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