ANNEX
Dictionary entry overview: What does annex mean?
• ANNEX (noun)
The noun ANNEX has 1 sense:
1. an addition that extends a main building
Familiarity information: ANNEX used as a noun is very rare.
• ANNEX (verb)
The verb ANNEX has 2 senses:
1. take (territory) as if by conquest
2. attach to
Familiarity information: ANNEX used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANNEX (noun)
Meaning:
An addition that extends a main building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
annex; annexe; wing; extension
Hypernyms ("annex" is a kind of...):
add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "annex"):
ell (an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building)
Holonyms ("annex" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
• ANNEX (verb)
Meaning:
Take (territory) as if by conquest
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
Hitler annexed Lithuania
Hypernyms (to "annex" is one way to...):
arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "annex"):
colonise; colonize (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Attach to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "annex" is one way to...):
add on; affix; append; supplement (add to the very end)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
