annex Definition

annex
verb annexed, annexing

1. To take possession of land or territory, especially by conquest or occupation.

Thesaurus: acquire, appropriate, , seize, take over, usurp.
2. To add or attach something to something larger.

Thesaurus: append, attach, affix, join, fasten, incorporate, add.
3. colloq
To take without permission.

noun

(US)
1. An alternative spelling of annexe.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin adnectere, adnexum to tie or bind.

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annexe
annex
noun

1. An additional room, building, area, etc that provides supplementary space.
2. Anything that has been added to something else, especially an extra clause, appendix, etc in a document.

Thesaurus: addition, attachment, adjunct, supplement, addendum, appendix.

Etymology: 19c in sense 1, which takes its spelling directly from French and which subsequently influenced the other sense; 17c in sense 2: French, meaning ‘something joined'.