WordUnscrambler Home
annex
Definitions
[ˈanɛks], (Verb)
Definitions:
- add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document
(e.g: the first ten amendments were annexed to the Constitution in 1791)
- add (territory) to one's own territory by appropriation
(e.g: the left bank of the Rhine was annexed by France in 1797)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere ‘connect’, from ad- ‘to’ + nectere ‘tie, fasten’
[ˈanɛks], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation
(e.g: the school's one-storey wooden annex)
- an addition to a document
(e.g: an annex to the report)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere ‘connect’, from ad- ‘to’ + nectere ‘tie, fasten’
Click here to see the free dictionary definition for annex
definition by Oxford Dictionaries