annexation

«annexation» in Mova's school dictionary: when one country takes control of land that belonged to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (annexation; an annexation, annexations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Annexation is when one country takes control of land that belonged to another country and makes it part of itself, often by force. tree →

2) Annexation is also when a town or city joins nearby land to itself by law. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in history and current affairs lessons: Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was condemned by most countries at the United Nations as illegal; history has many annexations by empires.

examples

• Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was not recognised by most countries. tree →
• The United Nations General Assembly voted that the vote used to justify the annexation was not valid. tree →
• The empire grew through the annexation of smaller kingdoms. tree →
• The city's annexation of the village made it bigger. tree →
• Many people protested against the annexation. tree →
• Annexation by force breaks international law. tree →

note

Verb: «annex» (an-NEX); noun «an annex» or «annexe» (UK) also means an extra building joined to a main one. Annexation usually means one side took land without the other side's free agreement.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «annexation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.