append

verb

ap·​pend ə-ˈpend 

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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Add Append Onto Your Vocabulary

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.

Synonyms

• add
• adjoin
• annex
• subjoin
• tack (on)

Examples of append in a Sentence

append the prefix “un-” to each of these words

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Many of the latest tri-band Wi-Fi 6E and 7 routers will combine the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands into one network option and have a separate option appended with -6 GHz. —Simon Hill, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024

The song has also been appended to the deluxe edition of his 2023 album Unreal Unearth, with the latest edition – Unreal Unearth: Unending – due Dec. 6 as a three-LP deluxe edition and a one-LP companion version. —Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024

The menu, appended with specials, is solidly French bistro in style, listed in French with English subtitles. —John Mariani, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

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

Kids Definition

append

verb

ap·​pend ə-ˈpend 

: to add as something extra

append a postscript to a letter