Annexation

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation wordnet
  3. 3
    A legal merging of a territory into another body. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    incorporation by joining or uniting wordnet

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abstractionaccessionaccessoryaccompanimentaddendaaddendum

Example

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"Any translation is an annexation."

Etymology

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

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united states

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