append

verb

ap·​pend ə-ˈpend How to pronounce append (audio)
appended; appending; appends

transitive verb

1
: attach, affix
appended a diagram to the instructions
2
: to add as a supplement or appendix (as in a book)
notes appended to each chapter

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Append is a somewhat formal word. Lawyers, for example, often speak of appending items to other documents, and lawmakers frequently append small bills to big ones, hoping that everyone will be paying attention only to the main part of the big bill and won't notice. When we append a small separate section to the end of a report or a book, we call it an appendix. But in the early years of email, the words we decided on were attach and attachment, probably because appendixes are thought of as unimportant, whereas the attachment is often the whole reason for sending an email.

Examples of append in a Sentence

append the prefix “un-” to each of these words
Recent Examples on the Web Loading your audio article A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024 In theory, this base of information could be reused or appended to new surveys as time goes by. Jason Andersen, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 Either there has been some notes appended to videos about conspiracy theories, but the conspiracies are still spreading. Wired Staff, WIRED, 18 July 2024 The zoning issue becomes moot if the town owns the land and appends it to the Spur Cross Ranch Recreation Area. Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for append 

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Word History

Etymology

Latin appendere, to hang, weigh out, from ad- + pendere to weigh — more at pendant

First Known Use

circa 1509, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of append was circa 1509

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“Append.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/append. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

append

verb
ap·​pend ə-ˈpend How to pronounce append (audio)
: to add as something extra
append a postscript to a letter

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