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annex

[ verb uh-neks, an-eks; noun an-eks, -iks ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
  2. to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state:

    Germany annexed part of Czechoslovakia.

  3. to take or appropriate, especially without permission.
  4. to attach as an attribute, condition, or consequence.


noun

  1. something annexed.
  2. a subsidiary building or an addition to a building:

    The emergency room is in the annex of the main building.

  3. something added to a document; appendix; supplement:

    an annex to a treaty.

annex

verb

  1. to join or add, esp to something larger; attach
  2. to add (territory) by conquest or occupation
  3. to add or append as a condition, warranty, etc
  4. to appropriate without permission
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of annexe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ油, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ·Ա·· adjective
  • non··Ա·· adjective
  • ··Ա verb (used with object)
  • ··Ա verb (used with object)
  • un··Ա·· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annex1

First recorded in 1350–1400; (verb) Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French annexer, from Medieval Latin ԲԱ, derivative of Latin annexus “tied to,” past participle of annectere ( annectent ); (noun) from French annexe or noun use of verb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of annex1

C14: from Medieval Latin ԲԱ, from Latin annectere to attach to, from nectere to join
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Earlier this week, Trump accused Zelensky of harming peace negotiations, after the Ukrainian leader again ruled out recognising Russian control of Crimea, a southern Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014.

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Crimea was first annexed by Tsarist Russia under Catherine the Great in 1783 and largely remained part of Russia until Khrushchev's decision.

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Ukraine has long said it will not give up Crimea, a southern peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

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Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it will not give up Crimea, a southern peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

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It would also recognise Crimea – which was annexed illegally by Russia in 2014 – as de jure Russian territory.

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