annex
/ˈænɛks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.50 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighboring country or state, normally by military force.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "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[.]"
- "The ancient city of Petra was annexed by Rome."
- "In 1910, he returned to Korea, which had by this time been annexed by Japan."
- "to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt"
- "Annexed to my feeling of guilt was a sense of having let my familiy down."
- "Under Edward the Second, the Commons began to annex petitions to the bills by which they granted subsidies"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈænɛks/
- British English: /ˈænɛks/
Usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb