Append

//ʌˈpɛnd// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

    "After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result."

Verb
  1. 1
    To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended transitive

    "a seal appended to a record"

  2. 2
    state or say further wordnet
  3. 3
    To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex transitive

    "notes appended to a book chapter"

  4. 4
    fix to; attach wordnet
  5. 5
    To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
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  1. 6
    add to the very end wordnet

Synonyms

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addaddadd onadjoinaffixaffix

Example

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"An inscription was appended to the column."

Etymology

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

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