Annex

Definition: Annex

Annex

Noun

1. An addition that extends a main building.

Verb

1. Take illegally, as of territory.

2. Take by conquest; as of territory.

3. Attach to.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "annex" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Public Administration

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Annex

Addition

Verb: add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose; clap on, saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce; (interpose); insert.

Adjunct

Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

Crosswords: Annex

Swedish (annex, annexe).

Books

• Turning Your Man into Putty in Your Hands: A Learning Annex Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bloor Annex Town Crier (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Annex, Vol. 3 (reference)

• The Evergreen Annex (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Micro Els Micro Annex & Ra2000 RJ45 Cable Male 10ft Unshielded (reference)

• Nortel Networks Annex 3 Or Ra4000 Modem (Dce) Cable 4FT Shielded (reference)

• REMOTE ANNEX INSTALLATION TEST (reference)

• REMOTE ANNEX SW V5.3 FOR NT / (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Base Hospital No. 9. Chateauroux, France : Hospital annex, formerly the "Ecole Normale". Credit: National Library of Medicine.

U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 43, Blois, France. : Annex 115 group of personnel, officers. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

In dry dock at the South Boston Annex, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 30 January 1924. The ship has been stripped in preparation for scrapping. Note propellers, rudder, armor belt and heavy fouling on her underwater hull. Credit: NAVY.

Crewmen lower the colors for the last time, during the cruiser's decommissioning ceremony at the South Boston Annex, Boston Naval Shipyard, Massachusetts, 5 May 1970. Photographed by PH3 George D. Lloyd, USN. Credit: NAVY.

Ward #4, Annex #7, American Hospital, Blois, France. Credit: Library of Congress.

Department of Justice--Just before removal--Site of Treasury Annex, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

West End Hotel and annex, Long Branch. Credit: Library of Congress.

Entrance to Auditorium annex, Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Thomas Jefferson Reading Room, Library of Congress annex. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pan American Union Building. Decorations in stone on wall of annex of Pan American Union Building. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

It is true, that whatever engagements or promises any one has made for himself, he is under the obligation of them, but cannot, by any compact whatsoever, bind his children or posterity: for his son, when a man, being altogether as free as the father, any act of the father can no more give away the liberty of the son, than it can of any body else: he may indeed annex such conditions to the land, he enjoyed as a subject of any common-wealth, as may oblige his son to be of that community, if he will enjoy those possessions which were his father's; because that estate being his father's property, he may dispose, or settle it, as he pleases. (Second Treatise of Government)

The place and agenda for this meeting shall be as specified in the Annex hereto. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The typical levels of presbycusis at various ages have recently been incorporated as Annex A in International Standards Organization Standard 1999.2 (1989). That standard may be used to estimate the portion of overall hearing loss that is attributable to exposure to excessive noise. (references)

Business

The annex reflects the corresponding annex to the EU Waste Directive. (references)

An annex to an ordinance of the Environmental Code lists the categories of waste. (references)

The Medical Devices Directives assumes the products listed in Annex II to be the highest risk products. (references)

Economic History

South Africa

It must approve legislation that involves shared national and provincial competencies as defined by an annex to the constitution. (references)

Vanuatu

The jumbling of French and British interests in the islands brought petitions for one or another of the two powers to annex the territory. (references)

Tunisia

THE MODEL CONTRACT IS INCLUDED AS AN ANNEX TO THE 1999 LAW REQUIRING SPECIFIC CLAUSES IN ALL GUARANTEES OF ELECTRONIC AND HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT. (references)

Political Economy

Yugoslavia

In Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic leads a coalition that exercises executive authority (see Montenegro annex). (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The International Police Task Force (IPTF), which was established by the U.N. under Annex 11 of the Dayton Accords, monitors, advises, and trains the local police. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Constitution (Annex 4 of the Dayton Accords) established a central government with a bicameral legislature, a three-member presidency (consisting of a Bosniak, a Serb, and a Croat), a council of ministers, a constitutional court, and a central bank. (references)

Political Rights

Yugoslavia

More than 80,000 Serbian IDP's from Kosovo cast absentee ballots in Serbia for the Kosovo election on November 17 that were judged by international monitors to be free and fair (see Kosovo annex). (references)

Trade

Egypt

Import and export in Egypt are regulated by Law 118 of 1995. Annex (8) of the import/export regulations lists commodities subject to quality control inspection prior to admittance into Egypt. (references)

Moldova

Items brought into the country for personal use are exempt from VAT, provided they fit the categories and are in quantities indicated in annex 3 of the Budget Law 2001. Business travelers can enter only one portable computer per person into the country without the assessment of taxes/duties/payments. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "annex": engineer annex ♦ Marbo Annex ♦ medical annex ♦ Nimitz Hill Annex. Additional references.

Afrikaans

annekseer. (various references)

Albanian

aneksoj, aneks (annexe, appurtenance), shtojcë (annexe, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, enclosure, enlargement, et cetera, etcetera, inclosure, insertion, intercalation, interlineation, prolongation, rider, supplement), përvetësoj (absorb, adopt, appropriate, assimilate, digest, embezzle, embrace, form, imbibe, misappropriate, mop up, peculate, pocket, pre empt), ndërtesë e ndërtuar pranë një tjetre (annexe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستولى (appropriate, be purchased, capture, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, seize, snatch, take, take up), ‏ألحق (append, attach, join, subjoin, suffix, supplement, tack, tag), ‏أضاف (add, add up to, affix, append, guest, host, insert, reckon, schedule, subjoin, supplement, tack, tot), ‏بناء مضاف لآخر. (various references)

Bulgarian 

анексирам, присъединявам (add, adjoin, affiliate, aggregate, join, range, tag, unite), пристройка (annexe, easement, enlargement, pavilion), приложение (addendum, adjunct, application, enclosure, practice), прибавка (accession, accompaniment, add, addendum, addition, affix, annexe, appendage, appurtenant, augmentation, enlargement, insertion, inset, intercalation, supplement, tag). (various references)

Chinese 

圈进 (annexe), 併吞 (merge, swallow up), 合併 (merge). (various references)

Czech

anektovat, zabrat (be effective, commandeer, confiscate, grip, impound, occupy, requisition, take, take in, take on, take up), připojit (add, affix, append, attach, connect, hook up, link, plug in, subjoin), přístavek (annexe, apposition, outbuilding, penthouse), přístavba (annexe, extension, outbuilding), příloha (annexe, appendix, enclosure, fixings, insert, side order), obsadit (beset, cast, fill, occupy, overrun), doložka (annexe, clause). (various references)

Danish

appendix (appendix), appendiks (App., Appendix, Appx), anneks, tillaeg (addendum, appendix, enclosed leaf), tilbygning (lean-to, outbuilding), bilag (addendum, addition, additive, appendix, codicil, rider). (various references)

Dutch

annexeren, aanhangsel (accessorie, accessory, addition, appendix, codicil, rider, side-issue), aanbouw (building, construction), uitbreiding (add-on, contents, database state, encroachment, extension, extension of the data base, instance, state), uitbouw (annexe, extension/projection, half-span), inlýven, bijlage (appendix, codicil, rider), bijl., <iets býkomstigs toevoegen>. (various references)

Esperanto

aneksi. (various references)

Faeroese

innlima. (various references)

Farsi 

پیوستن (Adhere, Adjoin, Affiliate, Affix, Ally, Associate, Attach, Cement, Cleave, Cling, Connect, Couple, Join, Meet, Sort, Weld), پیوست (Appendage, Enclosure), ضمیمه کردن (Accompany, Affix, Attach, Tack), ضمیمه سازی , ضمیمه (Addendum, Adjunct, Appendage, Appendix, Appurtenance, Enclosure, Supplement). (various references)

Finnish

lisärakennus (extension). (various references)

French

annexe. (various references)

Frisian

anneksearje, ynliivje. (various references)

German

einverleiben (incorporate), annektieren (to annex), Anhang (addendum, addition, adherents, affix, appendage, appendix, codicil, disciples, following, party, schedule, subjoinder, supplement, supporters), Anbau (annexation, annexe, building, construction, cultivation, extension, growing, lean to, outhouse). (various references)

Greek 

προσαρτώ έδαφος, προσαρτώ (append), προσαρτημένη κατασκευή, παράρτημα (appendage, appendix, supplement). (various references)

Hebrew 

לספוח (attach), לספח (affiliate, attach), לסנוף (affiliate, attach), לסנף (affiliate). (various references)

Hungarian

melléklet (annexe, appendices, appendix, enclosure, section), épületszárny (annexe, side wing, wing). (various references)

Indonesian

anjung (axtension, platform, ship's bridge), menyerobot (bull, pilfer), menganeksasi (appropriate, take prossession of), mencaplok (gulp down, snatch). (various references)

Italian

attaccare (adherence, affix, append, assail, assault, attach, attack, become attached, begin, bind, catch on, cling, connect, engage, fasten, fix, foist, glue, hang, hitch, infect, lead off, link, pass on, pin, pitch into, plug in, put up, stick, stick in, strike, strike up, tie), appendice (addendum, adjunct, appendage, appendix, tag), annettere (attach, enclose, inclose), annesso (annexe, appurtenance), allegato (arrangement, enclosure, inclosure, plant), allegare (allege, append, attach, attribute, enclose, inclose), Alleg., all., aggiungere (add, append, be added, join, put in, sketch in, subjoin, tag, throw in), accludere (enclose, inclose), incorporare (embody, incorporate, integrate, merge), imposessarsi di, edificio supplementare (annexe), costruzione annessa (lean-to, outbuilding). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

添附 (appendage, attachment), 分館 , 分室 (detached office). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぶんしつ (detached office), ぶんかん (civil official), てんぷ (appendage, appended, appending, attached, attachment, deep scholarship, endowment, fertile land, Heavenly Father, natural gift, natural talent, paste, pasting). (various references)

Korean 

부록 (annexe, Appendices, Appendix, Appendixes). (various references)

Manx

goaill stiagh (annexation, comprehend; intake, comprise, contain, include, inclusion, ingathering, take in, taking in). (various references)

Norwegian

tilføyelse. (various references)

Pig Latin

annexay.(various references)

Portuguese

anexo (accessory, accompaying, addendum, addition, additional, annexe, appendage, appendant, appurtenant, attach, attendant, dependence, dependency, enclosed, enclosure, inclosed, inclosure, neighbourhood, outhouse, outlier, supplement, vicinity). (various references)

Romanian

anexã (addendum, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, enclosure, enlargement, extension, rider, schedule), alipi (approach, incorporate, unite), alãtura (adjoin, approach, collate, compare, confront, enclose, join, juxtapose), adaos (accession, addendum, addition, adjunct, adjunction, admixture, alloy, amplification, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, codicil, increase, make-weight, rider, rise, schedule, sequel, supplement), adãuga (accede, add, adjoin, affix, amplify, append, attach, augment, complete, enclose, enlarge, extend, follow up with, prefix, schedule, superinduce, supervene, supplement, swell, tack), pune (add, adhibit, append, apply, attach, bet on, cause, deposit, do, Don, draw, dress, enclose, hang, impose, lay, lay down, lay on, lay up, Mount, place, pose, position, propose, put, put down, put in, put on, put up, repose, set, sow, stick), completare (addendum, addition, complement, completion, filling, parenthesis, supplement), şterpeli (bag, filch, knock off, nibble, nobble, pilfer, pinch, scrounge, steal, whisk), şterge (abrade, annihilate, annul, blot out, bunk, cancel, clean, cop, crib, decamp, deface, delete, dim, do a bunk, dry, dull, efface, erase, expunge, filch, guy, make away, make off, mop, obliterate, pack off, pack one's traps, pop off, quit, raze, remove, scratch, shrink away, strike out, sweep, vanish, wipe), însoţi (accompany, attend, chaperon, consort, escort, follow, gallant, go with, see, see off, take, usher). (various references)

Russian 

флигель (aisle, annexe, outhouse), аннексировать приложение, пристройка (annexe, outbuilding), приложение (addenda, addendum, adjunct, apendices, apendix, aposition, app appendix, appendices, appendix, appendix (to), application, apposition, run on, supplement), прилагать (append, apply, exert). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

anektirati, aneks, pridodati (superinduce), nadogradnja, dodati (add, add to, affix, append, hand, lace, pass, reach, subjoin, tack), dodatak (add, addendum, addition, additive, adjunct, adulterant, affix, appendage, appendix, apposition, appurtenance, context, extra, insert, makeweight, overplus, plus, supplement). (various references)

Spanish

anexo (ancillary, annexe, annexed, appendage, appendant, appurtenant, attached, outhouse), anexionar, apéndice (accessory, addendum, addition, adjunct, annexe, appendage, appendix, schedule, side-issue, supplement, tailpiece), anexar (affiliate, append). (various references)

Swedish

tillbyggnad (annexe, extension), annex (annexe). (various references)

Thai

เพิ่มเข้าไป, ยึดครองบริเวณ, ภาคผนวก. (various references)

Turkish

topraklarına katmak, katmak (add, adjoin, affiliate, ally, append, include, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interpolate, join, load, mingle, mix, number, put in, run in, superadd, tack, tinge, weave), ilave etmek (add, eke out, inset, integrate, put in, schedule, slap on, subjoin, supplement), ilave (accretion, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, bye-, excess, extension, extra, insertion, inset, pendant, plusage, plussage, rider, schedule, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation), habersiz almak, eklenti (accessory, addition), eklemek (add, adjoin, affix, append, attach, insert, interlard, interpolate, join, join together, joint, link, link up, piece, put in, put on, put to, run in, slap on, splice, subjoin, suffix, superimpose, supplement, tack, throw in, write in), ek bina (annexe, outbuilding, outhouse, wing), ek (addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, by-, bye-, extension, extra, formative, further, insertion, inset, postscript, schedule, super-, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation). (various references)

Ukrainian

скріпляти (anchor, authenticate, brace, clamp, clip, fasten, hold together, put together, tie), флігель (annexe, outhouse, out-office, pavilion, wing), включати до складу (include), анексувати, прієднувати, приставка (annexe), прибудова (annexe, easement, enlargement), доповнення (accompaniment, addenda, adder, addition, adjunct, annexe, appendage, codicil, complement, obverse, refill, tail piece), додаток (addendum, adjunct, adjunction, affix, annexe, appendage, appendant, appendix, codicil, complement, enclosure, inclosure, object, supplement), додавати (add, add to, add together, add up, affix, append, augment, cumulate, eke, put, subjoin, sum, throw in). (various references)

Welsh

meddiannu (appropriate, occupy, possess), cysylltu (connect, join), cydio (abut, adjoin, bite, join, take hold). (various references)

adfigat, adfigens, adfigentes, adfiget, adfigi, adfixerat, adfixerunt, adfixi, adfixit. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "annex": annexation, annexational, annexationist, annexationists, annexations, annexe, annexed, annexes, annexing. (additional references)

Words ending with "annex": coannex, reannex. (additional references)

Words containing "annex": coannexed, coannexes, coannexing, reannexation, reannexations, reannexed, reannexes, reannexing. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Annex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anane, Ananev, Anax, anea, anec, anei, Anek, anen, aneno, aneo, aner, anex, anexe, anext, anhe, anix, Annad, annah, annaw, annax, anne, annee, annef, annel, Annet, annexo, anni, annox, annue, Annwn, anox, antex, antx, Ennew, Enynex, gannex, Inex, innex, Innoxa, Mannix, narex, onex, sanex, Sannox, tannex, unex, vanex. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ane, axe, nae, nan.

-3 letters: ae, an, ax, en, ex, na, ne.

+1 letter: annexe.

+2 letters: annexed, annexes, coannex, reannex.

+3 letters: annexing, naloxone, neuraxon, nontaxes, tonneaux, xanthein, xanthene, xanthine, xanthone.

+4 letters: coannexed, coannexes, examinant, examining, expanding, expansion, naloxones, neuraxons, nonextant, nonsexual, reannexed, reannexes, xantheins, xanthenes, xanthines, xanthones.

+5 letters: annexation, coannexing, examinants, exchanging, expansions, explaining, explanting, indexation, naltrexone, nonlexical, nontaxable, reannexing, unexamined.