annex
31annex — UK [əˈneks] / US / UK [ˈæneks] / US [ˈæˌneks] verb [transitive] Word forms annex : present tense I/you/we/they annex he/she/it annexes present participle annexing past tense annexed past participle annexed to take control of a country or region… …
32annex — an•nex v. [[t]əˈnɛks, ˈæn ɛks[/t]] n. [[t]ˈæn ɛks, ɪks[/t]] v. t. 1) to attach, append, or add, esp. to something larger or more important 2) gov to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state: Germany annexed part of… …
33annex — verb ADVERB ▪ formally, officially ▪ The region was formally annexed in 1892. ▪ illegally PREPOSITION ▪ to …
34annex — • flygel, annex, sidobyggnad …
35annex — [14] The verb annex entered English about a century and a half before the noun. It came from French annexer, which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin annectere ‘tie together’ (a verb annect, borrowed directly from this, was in… …
36annex — [[t]æne̱ks[/t]] annexes, annexing, annexed 1) VERB If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it. [V n] Rome annexed the Nabatean kingdom in 106 AD. [V n to n] ...the idea of annexing Abkhazia to… …
37annex — 1. verb 1) Charlemagne annexed northern Italy Syn: take over, take possession of, appropriate, seize, conquer, occupy 2) ten amendments were annexed to the constitution Syn: add, append, attach, tack on, tag o …
38annex — v 1. attach, connect, affix, tack on; incorporate, include, take in, join, link, unite, consolidate, combine, merge; append, subjoin, suffix, postfix; supplement, superadd, add on to, enlarge, extend, expand, augment. 2. acquire, obtain, get,… …
39annex — [ˈæneks] , [əˈneks] verb [T] I to take control of a country or region by force annexation [ˌænekˈseɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] II noun [C] annex [ˈæneks] the American spelling of ANNEXE …
40annex — verb (t) /ˈænɛks / (say aneks), /əˈnɛks / (say uh neks) 1. to attach, join, or add, especially to something larger or more important; unite; append; subjoin. 2. to invade and take possession of (a neighbouring country, territory, etc.). 3. to… …
