annex

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈæn.ɛks/

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Verb

Plain form annex

Third-person singular annexes

Past tense annexed

Past participle annexed

Present participle annexing

1. To attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
2. To incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state.

   Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.

3. To take or appropriate, especially without permission.
4. To attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.