annex
Seize foreign territory
Annex means to attach or add something to a larger entity, most commonly when a political power incorporates territory: Germany annexed Austria in 1938.
The noun annex (also spelled annexe in British English) refers to a building or section added to extend an existing structure, or a supplement to a document.
The library annex houses the rare book collection.
The verb carries connotations of unilateral action, often suggesting the absorbed party had little say in the matter.
Limb enabling flight
- extensionAdded part or duration
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
- outbuildingDetached auxiliary structure
- ellArchaic cloth length
pavilion · dependency · adjunct · add-on
Land under jurisdiction
- provinceRegional administrative district
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
dependency · enclave · domain · satellite state · buffer zone · occupied zone · mandate · jurisdiction
Forming a legal entity
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- absorptionProcess of taking in
acquisition · conquest · occupation · accession · expropriation · usurpation · confiscation · claim
wing
Limb enabling flight
- extensionAdded part or duration
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
- outbuildingDetached auxiliary structure
ell · pavilion · dependency · adjunct · add-on
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- provinceRegional administrative district
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
protectorate · dependency · enclave · domain · satellite state · buffer zone · occupied zone · mandate · jurisdiction · sovereignty
attach
Join or connect
append · join · incorporate · connect · include · supplement · subjoin · link · unite · combine
incorporation
Forming a legal entity
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- takeoverAssuming command of something
absorption · acquisition · conquest · occupation · accession · expropriation · usurpation · confiscation · claim · procurement
- UN DocumentsUN Charter, UN reports, UN resolutions, resolutions, declaration
- building spacesroom, classrooms, hallway, hallways, lobby
- business locationsheadquarters, branch office, main office, regional office, corporate office
- campus buildingsdormitory, classroom building, lecture hall, library, student union
- document partstitle, page, paragraph, sentence, chapter
- extensionsadd-on, appendix, appendage, supplement, addendum
- granny annexSecondary dwelling for relatives
- annexed territoryRegion taken and incorporated
- Russian annexationForcible incorporation into Russia
- granny annexeSmall home for elderly relative
annexation, annexes, annexed, annexing, annexe, unannexed, annexure, annexable