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annexannex1 /əˈnɛks, ˈænɛks/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYannexOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French annexer, from Latin annectere, from ad- to + nectere ( ➔ NEXUS) VERB TABLEannex |
Present | I, you, we, they | annex | | he, she, it | annexes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | annexed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have annexed | | he, she, it | has annexed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had annexed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will annex | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have annexed |
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Present | I | am annexing | | he, she, it | is annexing | | you, we, they | are annexing | Past | I, he, she, it | was annexing | | you, we, they | were annexing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been annexing | | he, she, it | has been annexing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been annexing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be annexing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been annexing |
to take control of a country or area next to your own, especially by using force: The Baltic republics were forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940.—annexation /ˌænɛkˈseɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |