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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#m1)

2) Annexation is also when a town or city joins nearby land to itself by law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#x1)
- The United Nations General Assembly voted that the vote used to justify the annexation was not valid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#x2)
- The empire grew through the annexation of smaller kingdoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#x3)
- The city's annexation of the village made it bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#x4)
- Many people protested against the annexation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#x5)
- Annexation by force breaks international law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/annexation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.