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ANNEXATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does annexation mean?
• ANNEXATION (noun)
The noun ANNEXATION has 2 senses:
1. incorporation by joining or uniting
2. the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Familiarity information: ANNEXATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incorporation by joining or uniting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
annexation; appropriation
Hypernyms ("annexation" is a kind of...):
incorporation (including by incorporating)
Derivation:
annexational (relating to annexation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation
Hypernyms ("annexation" is a kind of...):
acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)
Derivation:
annexational (relating to annexation)
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