annex

To take control of an area of land and make it part of a country or city.

• The country annexed the island.
• The city plans to annex nearby land.
• Several border regions were annexed after the war.

Common phrases: annex territory, annex a region, annex neighbouring land

To attach or add something to something else, usually something larger or more important.

• They annexed a schedule to the agreement.
• The clerk annexed the letter to the file.
• Additional land was annexed to the estate.

How to use it: annex something to something (They annexed a map to the report.)

Similar words: attach, append, add

Common phrases: annex a document, annex a schedule, annex something to

To take something for your own use without asking permission.

• My brother annexed my chair.
• She has annexed the spare room for her books.
• Someone annexed my desk while I was away.

Similar words: take, appropriate, grab

Common phrases: annex a chair, annex a desk, annex your seat

To connect a condition, quality, or result with something.

• They annexed a condition to the grant.
• The rule annexes punishment to disobedience.
• Certain duties were annexed to the office.

How to use it: annex something to something (The law annexed a penalty to that offence.)

Similar words: attach, associate

Common phrases: annex a condition, annex a penalty, annex something to