Annex Meaning
/ˈænɛks/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn addition, an extension.
nounAn appendix to a book or document.
Sentence Examples
The annex is on the north of the original building.
China will annex Taiwan.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The country threatened to ____ the disputed territory by force.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The small country was afraid that its neighbor would try to ____ its land.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2. See also an-.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"6.2.3.2.2. For aircraft having pressurized cabins, the disinsection of cabins and annexes, cockpit and annexes, is to be carried out after the embarkation of passengers and crew and the closing of the doors and windscreen[.]"
— 1949, World Health Organization, Report on the 1st- Session May 10-15, page 19:
"In 1910, he returned to Korea, which had by this time been annexed by Japan."
— 2009, Wikipedia:Syngman Rhee:
"Under Edward the Second, the Commons began to annex petitions to the bills by which they granted subsidies"
— 1793, John Horne Tooke, The Constitution of England:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The country threatened to ____ the disputed territory by force.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The small country was afraid that its neighbor would try to ____ its land.