annex
verb/ˈæneks/, /əˈneks/
/ˈæneks/, /əˈneks/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they annex | /ˈæneks/, /əˈneks/ /ˈæneks/, /əˈneks/ |
| he / she / it annexes | /ˈæneksɪz/, /əˈneksɪz/ /ˈæneksɪz/, /əˈneksɪz/ |
| past simple annexed | /ˈænekst/, /əˈnekst/ /ˈænekst/, /əˈnekst/ |
| past participle annexed | /ˈænekst/, /əˈnekst/ /ˈænekst/, /əˈnekst/ |
| -ing form annexing | /ˈæneksɪŋ/, /əˈneksɪŋ/ /ˈæneksɪŋ/, /əˈneksɪŋ/ |
- annex something to take control of a country, region, etc., especially by force synonym occupy
- Germany annexed Austria in 1938.
- The territory had been annexed to Poland.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- officially
- illegally
- …
- to
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere ‘connect’, from ad- ‘to’ + nectere ‘tie, fasten’.Definitions on the go
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