annexation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
- (countable, uncountable) A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Synonyms
swallowing up
annexion
joining into one
being annexed
Translations
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
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