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annex

name · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈænɛks/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛks
  • UK: /ˈænɛks/
  • US: /əˈnɛks/
  • US: /ˈænɛks/
  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 N EH2 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AH0 N EH1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An addition, an extension.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An appendix to a book or document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An addition or extension to a building.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt
  • Annexed to my feeling of guilt was a sense of having let my familiy down.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To join; to be united.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, intransitive

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To take something without permission (informal)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • I returned to resume my place but my assistant had already annexed my chair.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

an addition that extends a main building

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: annexe, extension, wing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: addition, add-on, improver

Narrower terms: ell

11

verb

Meaning 11

attach to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: append, add on, supplement, affix

12

verb

Meaning 12

take (territory) as if by conquest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Hitler annexed Lithuania

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate

Narrower terms: colonize, colonise

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2. See also an-.

From Middle English annexen, anexen, from Old French annexer (“to join”), from Medieval Latin annexāre, infinitive of annexō, frequentative of Latin annectō (“bind to”), from ad (“to”) + nectō (“tie, bind”). Compare the rare annect. Doublet of adnex.

Across languages

Translations

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: приба́вка (pribávka) — addition, an extension
  • Bulgarian: допълне́ние (dopǎlnénie) — addition, an extension
  • Catalan: annex — addition, an extension
  • Danish: bilag — addition, an extension
  • Dutch: bijlage — addition, an extension
  • Esperanto: alaĵo — addition, an extension
  • Esperanto: aneksaĵo — addition, an extension
  • Estonian: lisa — addition, an extension
  • Finnish: lisäys — addition, an extension
  • Finnish: laajennus — addition, an extension
  • French: annexe — addition, an extension
  • German: Anhang — addition, an extension
  • German: Zusatz — addition, an extension
  • German: Erweiterung — addition, an extension
  • German: Annex — addition, an extension
  • German: Ergänzung — addition, an extension
  • German: Beilage — addition, an extension
  • German: Beiheft — addition, an extension
  • Greenlandic: bilagi — addition, an extension
  • Hungarian: függelék — addition, an extension
  • Japanese: 付加物 (fukabutsu) — addition, an extension
  • Japanese: 付属 (fuzoku) — addition, an extension
  • Macedonian: дополну́вање (dopolnúvanje) — addition, an extension
  • Macedonian: дополне́ние (dopolnénie) — addition, an extension
  • Malayalam: അനുബന്ധം (anubandhaṁ) — addition, an extension
  • Norwegian: anneks — addition, an extension
  • Occitan: annèx — addition, an extension
  • Occitan: annèxe — addition, an extension
  • Persian: ضمیمه (zamime) — addition, an extension
  • Polish: aneks — addition, an extension
  • Portuguese: anexo — addition, an extension
  • Russian: приба́вка (pribávka) — addition, an extension
  • Russian: дополне́ние (dopolnénije) — addition, an extension
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀некс — addition, an extension
  • Serbo-Croatian: àneks — addition, an extension
  • Spanish: anexo — addition, an extension
  • Spanish: anejo — addition, an extension
  • Swedish: annex — addition, an extension
  • Swedish: tillägg — addition, an extension
  • Swedish: bilaga — addition, an extension
  • Bulgarian: приложе́ние (priložénie) — appendix
  • Dutch: aanhangsel — appendix
  • Esperanto: alaĵo — appendix
  • Esperanto: aneksaĵo — appendix
  • Esperanto: anekso — appendix
  • Finnish: liite — appendix
  • German: Anhang — appendix
  • German: Ergänzung — appendix
  • German: Zusatz — appendix
  • German: Nachtrag — appendix
  • German: Anhängsel — appendix
  • German: Appendix — appendix
  • German: Annex — appendix
  • German: Fortsatz — appendix
  • Japanese: 付録 (furoku) — appendix
  • Malayalam: അനുബന്ധം (anubandhaṁ) — appendix
  • Polish: aneks — appendix
  • Portuguese: anexo — appendix
  • Russian: приложе́ние (priložénije) — appendix
  • Spanish: apéndice — appendix
  • Spanish: extensión — appendix
  • Spanish: anexo — appendix
  • Spanish: anejo — appendix
  • Swedish: appendix — appendix
  • Swedish: tillägg — appendix
  • Swedish: bilaga — appendix
  • Bulgarian: пристро́йка (pristrójka) — addition or extension to a building
  • Catalan: annex — addition or extension to a building
  • Dutch: uitbouw — addition or extension to a building
  • Esperanto: aneksaĵo — addition or extension to a building
  • Finnish: lisärakennus — addition or extension to a building
  • Finnish: siipi — addition or extension to a building
  • French: annexe — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Nebengebäude — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Anbau — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Erweiterung — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Zubau — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Seitengebäude — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Erweiterungsbau — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Nebenflügel — addition or extension to a building
  • German: Seitenflügel — addition or extension to a building
  • Japanese: 別館 (bekkan) — addition or extension to a building
  • Japanese: 増築 (zouchiku) — addition or extension to a building
  • Polish: aneks — addition or extension to a building
  • Portuguese: anexo — addition or extension to a building
  • Portuguese: puxadinho — addition or extension to a building
  • Russian: пристро́йка (pristrójka) — addition or extension to a building
  • Russian: фли́гель (flígelʹ) — addition or extension to a building
  • Russian: крыло́ (kryló) — addition or extension to a building
  • Scottish Gaelic: ath-thaigh — addition or extension to a building
  • Spanish: anexo — addition or extension to a building
  • Spanish: pabellón — addition or extension to a building
  • Spanish: anejo — addition or extension to a building
  • Swedish: annex — addition or extension to a building
  • Swedish: tillbyggnad — addition or extension to a building
  • Swedish: flygel — addition or extension to a building
  • Afrikaans: annekseer — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Belarusian: анексі́раваць (anjeksíravacʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Belarusian: анексава́ць (anjeksavácʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Belarusian: анэксава́ць (aneksavácʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Belarusian: далуча́ць (dalučácʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Belarusian: далучы́ць (dalučýcʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Bulgarian: присъединя́вам (prisǎedinjávam) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Bulgarian: присъединя́ (prisǎedinjá) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Bulgarian: анекси́рам (aneksíram) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Catalan: annexar — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Chinese Mandarin: 併吞 /并吞 (bìngtūn) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吞併 /吞并 (tūnbìng) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兼併 /兼并 (jiānbìng) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Czech: anektovat — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Czech: připojit — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Danish: annektere — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Dutch: annexeren — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Dutch: inlijven — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Esperanto: aneksi — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Estonian: annekteerima — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Finnish: liittää — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • French: annexer — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: annektieren — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: beifügen — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: anfügen — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: anhängen — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: angliedern — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: einverleiben — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: anheften — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: sich aneignen — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: sich einverleiben — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • German: aneignen — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Hungarian: hozzácsatol — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Hungarian: annektál — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Japanese: 組み入れる (kumiireru) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Japanese: 編入する (hennyū suru) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Japanese: 併合する (heigō suru) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Korean: 병합하다 (byeonghaphada) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Central Kurdish: خستنە سەر (xistne ser) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Latvian: anektēt — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Lithuanian: aneksuoti — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Macedonian: анекти́ра (anektíra) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Māori: taunaha — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Māori: āpiti — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annektere — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Occitan: annexar — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Polish: anektować — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Polish: zaanektować — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Portuguese: anexar — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Romanian: a anexa — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Russian: аннекси́ровать (annɛksírovatʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Russian: присоединя́ть (prisojedinjátʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Russian: присоедини́ть (prisojedinítʹ) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Serbo-Croatian: анекти́рати — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Serbo-Croatian: припа́јати — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Serbo-Croatian: припо̀јити — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Serbo-Croatian: anektírati — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Serbo-Croatian: pripájati — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Serbo-Croatian: pripòjiti — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Slovak: anektovať — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Slovak: pripojiť — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Slovene: anektirati — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Spanish: anexar — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Spanish: anexionar — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Spanish: anejar — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Swedish: införliva — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Swedish: annektera — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Turkish: katmak — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Turkish: eklemek — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Turkish: bağlamak — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Turkish: ilhak etmek — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Ukrainian: анексува́ти (aneksuváty) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Ukrainian: приє́днувати (pryjédnuvaty) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
  • Ukrainian: приєдна́ти (pryjednáty) — to add something to another, to incorporate into
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