annexation (redirected from Anex)

an·nex  (-nks, nks)

tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es

1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.

2. To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.

3. To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.

n. (nks, nks)

1. A building added on to a larger one or an auxiliary building situated near a main one.

2. An addition, such as an appendix, that is made to a record or other document.

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[Middle English annexen, from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere, annex-, to connect : ad-, ad- + nectere, to bind; see ned- in Indo-European roots.]

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annex·ation (nk-sshn) n.

annex·ation·al adj.

annex·ation·ism n.

annex·ation·ist n.

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annexation [ˌænɪkˈseɪʃən -ɛk-]

n

1. the act of annexing, esp territory, or the condition of being annexed

2. something annexed

annexational  adj

annexationism  n

annexationist  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	annexation - incorporation by joining or uniting appropriation incorporation - including by incorporating
	2.	annexation - the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation" acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

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annexation

noun seizure, takeover, occupation, conquest, appropriation, annexing, expropriation, arrogation the country's annexation of its neighbour

Translations

annexation [ˌænekˈseɪʃən] N → anexión f

annexation [ˌænɛkˈseɪʃ^ən] n [country, state, region, territory] → annexion f

annexation

n → Annexion f

annexation [ˌænɛkˈseɪʃ/ən] n → annessione f