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Definition of annex :
1. Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
2. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
3. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.
4. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; - followed by to.
5. To join; to be united.
Synonyms:
cast up, filename extension, file name extension, join on, extension service, subjoin, extend, lengthiness, flank, prolongation, telephone extension, enlarge, take over, reference, adjoin, offstage, denotation, wing, propagation, elongation, backstage, amplify, sum up, university extension, make up, annexe, extension phone, append, fender
augmentation (part of speech: noun)
amalgamation, enlargement, addendum, swelling, augmentation, adjunct, addition, inflation, appendix, extension
addition (part of speech: noun)
additional quarters, new wing
join (part of speech: verb)
ally, affiliate, consolidate, amalgamate
take (part of speech: verb)
collect, procure, amass, deprive, confiscate, monopolize, catch, appropriate, levy, abduct, harvest, gather, grab, acquire, usurp, reap, impound, take, get, capture, bag, nab, commandeer
add (part of speech: verb)
aggregate, accumulate, tally, augment, sum, increase, add, increment, attain, accrue, total
attach (part of speech: verb)
cling, hitch, adhere, merge, relate, join, bond, fasten, stick, affix, connect, juxtapose, splice, bind, marry, wed, attach, abut, couple
acquire (part of speech: verb)
lure, wrangle, purchase, obtain, score, garner, assume, palm, heap, buy, pocket, corner, incur, claim, retrieve, secure, win, fetch, receive, net, land
Usage examples:
- At four o'clock his inquiries led him into the billiard- annex. - "Parrot & Co.", Harold MacGrath.
- They made a plan that they would go into partnership, and conquer all the rest of the world; but when they looked at the great map up in Parliament, and Johnnie found how much the most he had got, he said Cray must annex Japan, or he would not join. - "Fated to Be Free", Jean Ingelow.
- Must it annex the whole low plane of such a squalid disposition? - "Men in the Making", Ambrose Shepherd.