annex

Meanings

Noun

• An addition, an extension.
• An appendix to a book or document.
• An addition or extension to a building.
• An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.

Verb

• To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
• To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
• To join; to be united.

Related

Similar words

• underjoin

Opposite words

• separate

Origin

• Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus.
• From Middle English annexen, from Old French annexer ("to join"), from Medieval Latin annexāre, infinitive of annexō, frequentative of Latin annectō ("bind to"), from ad + nectō.