append
/ʌˈpɛnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.64 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file or sequential data structure, such as a list.
Example Sentences
- "a seal appended to a record"
- "An inscription was appended to the column."
- "notes appended to a book chapter"
- "After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result."
- "Logging can be used to back out bad data, be it an overwrite of existing data or an append of new data."
- "When a file is created or expanded due to an append of new data to the file, new blocks are allocated to the file."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌˈpɛnd/
- British English: /əˈpɛnd/