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
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But users with differing political viewpoints have to agree on a fact-check before it is publicly appended to a post, which means that misleading posts about politically divisive subjects often go unchecked. Kate Conger, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 People will take it to the streets, or there will be people who would want to append a system in some way. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024 By Stephen Kearse December 9, 2024 8:00 AM EST Songs show up everywhere these days: appended to sports highlights and TikToks, piped into political rallies and Paneras, interpolated during sermons. Stephen Kearse, TIME, 9 Dec. 2024 In Wisconsin, data that gets appended to the voter file—data telling pollsters which voters are Republicans and which voters are Democrats—has a lot of error. David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for append 

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 15 Jan. 2025.

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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