annex

Noun

1. (US) An addition, an extension.
2. (US) An appendix to a book or document.
3. (US) An addition or extension to a building.
4. (US) An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.

Verb

1. (US) To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
2. (US) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
3. (US, intransitive) To join; to be united.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈænɛks/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: annexen

In summary

Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2.

Synonyms

add

attach

supplement

append

attachment

annexe

extension

appendix

join

combine

affix

appendage

addition

wing

🪽

extend

unite

outbuilding

associate

connect

appropriate

adjoining building

tack

build on

bring together

subsidiary building

auxiliary building

unify

enclosure

colligate

annexe

relate

subjoin

link

🔗

ascribe

link up

joint

absorb

piece

merge

addendum

coalesce

close

grow

fuse

bridge

bond

adjoin

gobble up

following

follower

Translations

annexe

anexo

annexer

anexar

annettere

annektieren

annesso

Anbau

anexionar

Nebengebäude

Anhang

anexar

annex

annexeren

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Sentences

The psychiatric unit also operates out of this Annex .

The architect for the annex was Bostonian Charles Brigham .