append

Meaning

Verb

1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
3. To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Noun

An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Synonyms

add

attach

affix

annex

supplement

join

add on

tack

tack on

tag on

increase

apply

suffix

supply

put on

suspend

subjoin

tag

place

adjoin

assign

paste

addition

unite

hang on

put onto

add to

augment

link up

hang up

fasten

completement

heap up

hook up

include

inflict

insert

intensify

interlard

intersperse

joint

lay

lay down

link

🔗

link together

make use of

miter

mix with

mount

piece

piggyback

pile up

postfix

practice

put

put down

put right

put together

raise

rebate

redound

relate

run up

set

splice

stack

stick

string

🪢

string up

sum up

tessellate

throw in

toss in

trim

turn to account

use

wind up

yoke

adhere to

sew on

lace

additive

adjust

administer

admix

advance

alter

annexation

appendix

ascribe

assemble

associate

attachment

blend in

build

colligate

combine

compose

connect

construct

cut in

draught

employ

engraft

enhance

exasperate

extra

fix

fork

gain

glue

hang

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌˈpɛnd/

Etymology

Cognate with Old French: apendre

Inherited from Middle English: appenden

Cognate with Old English: appenden

In summary

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.