annexing
present participle ofannex
annex
verb[T]
uk/ænˈeks/us/ænˈeks/to takepossessionof anareaoflandor acountry, usually byforceor withoutpermission:
The UK annexed thissmallislandwestofScotlandin 1955.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- imperialist
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- the Raj
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Arriving, entering and invading
Examplesofannexing
annexing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Instead of conservation, meeting the future commercial needs was the real motive behind the government inannexinglarge tracts into the forests.
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I shall, therefore, certainly oppose with the whole of my strength theannexingof this sum of money and putting it into a sinking fund.
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I have no idea ofannexingthe royal borough.
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Is that why we are formallyannexingit and applying certain administrative procedures to it?
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It is aboutannexinga group of countries and not about real negotiations between equal parties.
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It would mean penalising the country byannexingit.
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We have not the least intention ofannexingthe island, nor should we, at any time.
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They are still intent onannexingfor themselves as much of small business and shopkeeping as they can get hold of.
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It is not a case of a borough enlarging its boundaries byannexinga few hundred acres of the county in which it happens to be situated.
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If the speech to which we have just listened is the outcome of this form ofannexingproperty, it furnishes in itself a very considerable argument against it.
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The town beganannexingland, enlarging itself to about 30 square miles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Loveland has periodically sought to expand its borders byannexingsurrounding areas, primarily to the more commercially active west.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many suburban communities began to accumulate traits of traditional, comprehensive cities by luring business andannexingarea.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cities are able to expand their area byannexingland from towns when land owners request local service.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Over the years, the city expanded,annexingportions of the township as the city grew and reducing the land area of the township.
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- figure up
- fill in
- fill one's shoes
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- find fault with
- find favour with sb．／find favour in
- find it in one's heart／find it in oneself
- find oneself
- find out
- finish off／up
- fire away
- fire off
- fire up
- first and foremost
- first and last
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- fish for
- fish out
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