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annex
/ˈænɛks/
noun 4verb 3name 1
Collocations
3(verb.)
ADV
formally
The government formally annexed the territory after signing the peace agreement.
illegally
PREP
to
The new shopping center was annexed to the existing mall last year.
Definitions
noun
1
An addition, an extension.
6.2.3.2.2. For aircraft having pressurized cabins, the disinsection of cabins and annexes, cockpit and annexes, is to be carried out after the embarkation of passengers and crew and the closing of the doors and windscreen[.]
2
An appendix to a book or document.
3
An addition or extension to a building.
4
An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
verb
1
To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
In 1910, he returned to Korea, which had by this time been annexed by Japan.
2
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
Under Edward the Second, the Commons began to annex petitions to the bills by which they granted subsidies
3
To join; to be united.
name
1
A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.
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6.2.3.2.2. For aircraft having pressurized cabins, the disinsection of cabins and annexes, cockpit and annexes, is to be carried out after the embarkation of passengers and crew and the closing of the
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The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
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In 1910, he returned to Korea, which had by this time been annexed by Japan.
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to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
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The annex is on the north of the original building.
Tatoeba · #32031806
Anne Frank and her family hid from Nazi persecution in a secret annex to a commercial building in Amsterdam.
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