annex
pronunciation
How to pronounce annex in British English:
UK [əˈneks , ˈæneks]
How to pronounce annex in American English:
US [əˈneks , ˈæneks]
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- Noun:
- an addition that extends a main building
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- Verb:
- take illegally, as of territory
- take (territory) by conquest
- attach to
Word Origin
- annex
- annex: [14] The verb annex entered English about a century and a half before the noun. It came from French annexer, which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin annectere ‘tie together’ (a verb annect, borrowed directly from this, was in learned use in English from the 16th to the 18th centuries). Annectere itself was based on the verb nectere ‘tie’, from which English also gets nexus and connect. The noun was borrowed from French annexe, and in the sense ‘extra building’ retains its -e.=> connect, nexus
- annex (v.)
- late 14c., "to connect with," from Old French annexer "to join" (13c.), from Medieval Latin annexare, frequentative of Latin annecetere "to bind to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + nectere "to tie, bind" (see nexus). Almost always meaning "to join in a subordinate capacity." Of nations or territories, c. 1400. Related: Annexed; annexing.
- annex (n.)
- 1540s, "an adjunct, accessory," from French annexe, from annexer (see annex (v.)). Meaning "supplementary building" is from 1861.
Example
- 1. Any annex is the integral part of this contract .
- 2. The oath is actually incorporated as an annex to the constitution itself .
- 3. As it is , the right accuses the left of wanting to annex the suburbs ; those in posh districts , like neuilly , fear that the city just wants to grab their tax revenues .
- 4. The report said a classified annex includes information that adds to concerns .
- 5. In 2005 , annex I nations emitted almost five times the rate per capita of non-annex nations .