Associations to the word «Annex»

Wiktionary

ANNEX, noun. An addition, an extension.
ANNEX, noun. An appendix.
ANNEX, noun. An addition or extension to a building.
ANNEX, noun. An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
ANNEX, verb. To add something to another thing; to incorporate.
ANNEX, verb. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
ANNEX, verb. (intransitive) To join; to be united.

Dictionary definition

ANNEX, noun. An addition that extends a main building.
ANNEX, verb. Take (territory) as if by conquest; "Hitler annexed Lithuania".
ANNEX, verb. Attach to.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats