annexation
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an·nex
(ə-nĕks′, ăn′ĕks′)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. (ăn′ĕks′, ăn′ĭks)
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.
[Middle English annexen, from Old French annexer, from Latin annectere, annex-, to connect : ad-, ad- + nectere, to bind; see ned- in Indo-European roots.]
an′nex·a′tion (ăn′ĭk-sā′shən) n.
an′nex·a′tion·al adj.
an′nex·a′tion·ism n.
an′nex·a′tion·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
ˌannexˈational adj
ˌannexˈationism n
ˌannexˈationist n
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| Noun | 1. |  annexation - incorporation by joining or unitingincorporation - 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
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Translations
ضَم، إلحاق
anexepřipojenízáborzabrané území
annektering
aneksija
hozzácsatolás
innlimun; viîtenging
anexia
ilhaktopraklarına katma
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annexation
n → Annexion f
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annex
(əˈneks) verb to take possession of (eg a country).
(ˈӕneks) (also ˈannexe)>noun a building added to, or used as an addition to, another building. a hotel annexe.
ˌannexˈation (ӕ-) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.