annex

Other forms of annex

plural

annexes·

past tense

annexed·

present participle

annexing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about annex

What does annex mean?

annex means "take (territory) as if by conquest". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in annex?

annex has 2 syllables: an-nex. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈæˌnɛks/.

What is another word for annex?

Close synonyms include annexe, extension, wing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is annex a common word?

annex is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.