different between annex vs unannexed

English

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?æn?ks/
• Verb:
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?æn?ks/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /??n?ks/, /?æn?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus.

Alternative forms

• annexe (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
• anex (US)
• annx.
• anx.

Noun

annex (plural annexes)

1. An addition, an extension.
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.

Synonyms

• (something additional): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct or Thesaurus:augmentation

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English annexen, anexen, from Old French annexer (“to join”), from Medieval Latin annex?re, infinitive of annex?, frequentative of Latin annect? (“bind to”), from ad (“to”) + nect? (“tie, bind”).

Verb

annex (third-person singular simple present annexes, present participle annexing, simple past and past participle annexed)

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

   The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome.
2. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
   • 1793, John Horne Tooke, The Constitution of England

     Under Edward the Second, the Commons began to annex petitions to the bills by which they granted subsidies

3. (intransitive) To join; to be united.

Synonyms

• underjoin

Antonyms

• separate

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• merge
• fuse
• add

Anagrams

• xenna-

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin annexus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??n?ks/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?n?ks/

Noun

annex m (plural annexos)

1. annex (an addition, an extension)
2. annex (an addition to a building)

Derived terms

• annexar

Further reading

• “annex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Swedish

Noun

annex n

1. annex (an addition to a building)
2. annex (an addition, an extension)

Declension

English

Etymology

un- +? annexed

Adjective

unannexed (not comparable)

1. Not annexed.

Synonyms

• nonannexed