Meaning

4 senses
  1. (US)An addition, an extension.

    Anhang, Zusatz, Erweiterung

    приба́вкаpribávka, дополне́ниеdopolnénije

    an addition that extends a main building

  2. (US)An appendix to a book or document.

    Anhang, Ergänzung, Zusatz

    приложе́ниеpriložénije

  3. (US)An addition or extension to a building.

    Nebengebäude, Anbau, Erweiterung

    пристро́йкаpristrójka, фли́гельflígelʹ, крыло́kryló

  4. (US)An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighboring country or state, normally by military force.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. In this annex are 10 passenger exits.

    deIn diesem Anbau gibt es 10 Passagierausgänge. — Lundian

  2. The annex is on the north of the original building.

    deDer Anbau ist an der Nordseite des ursprünglichen Gebäudes. — Zaghawa

  3. Tom claimed to be anti-war in September, but now wants his country to use military force to annex multiple other countries.

  4. China will occupy and annex Taiwan.

    deChina wird Taiwan besetzen und sich einverleiben. — Vortarulo

  5. Netanyahu wants to annex the West Bank.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
addition, an extension:
appendix:
addition or extension to a building:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
addition, an extension:
appendix:
addition or extension to a building:

Origin

Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2. See also an-.

Borrowed from French annexe, from Latin annexus. More at Etymology 2. See also an-.

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Forms

plural: annexes

Synonyms

6 synonyms
something additional:additionA2
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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