English Explanatory Dictionary

annexation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
  2. A legal merging of a territory into another body.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

annexation annexations

Etymology

From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.

Synonyms

annexion

Antonyms

separation

Derived words

annexational annexationism annexationist annexationistic antiannexation nonannexation reannexation
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