Annexation
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed. countable, uncountable
- 2 the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation wordnet
- 3 A legal merging of a territory into another body. countable, uncountable
- 4 incorporation by joining or uniting wordnet
Example
More examples"Any translation is an annexation."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.