annexation
pronunciation
How to pronounce annexation in British English:
UK [ˌænek'seɪʃn]
How to pronounce annexation in American English:
US [ˌænɛksˈeʃən]
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- Noun:
- incorporation by joining or uniting
- the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Word Origin
- annexation (n.)
- 1620s, from Medieval Latin annexiationem (nominative annexatio) "action of annexing," noun of action from past participle stem of annexare (see annex). The Middle English noun form was annexion "union; joining; territory acquired" (mid-15c.).
Example
- 1. The next step in russia 's invasion script , of disinformation and annexation , is regime change .
- 2. Japan 's annexation treaty with korea took effect on aug. 29 , 1910 , and lasted until 1945 .
- 3. Yet the fantasy of annexation is not confined to the jewish home party .
- 4. A meeting to celebrate soviet annexation of estonia .
- 5. In 1991 he apologised to estonia for its forcible annexation by the soviet union . He also opened up previously secret soviet wartime archives .