append
/ə'pend/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To attach or fix something to another thing: To join or connect one item to another, typically at the end.
- To add as a supplement or extra part: To include additional information, text, or data to the end of a document, file, or list.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The programmer will append the new data to the existing file.
- Please append your comments to the end of the report.
- She appended a note to the contract before signing it.
Advanced Usage
- In computing: To add data to the end of a file or data structure.
- The command is used to append text to a log file.
- Formal/Legal context: To add a signature, seal, or codicil.
- The notary public appended her official seal to the document.
Variants and Related Words
- Appendage (noun): Something attached to a larger or more important thing.
- The robot has a useful appendage for lifting objects.
- Appendix (noun): A section of extra information added at the end of a book or document.
- The research paper includes an appendix with all the raw data.
Synonyms
- Attach: To fasten or join one thing to another.
- Affix: To stick, attach, or fasten something to something else.
- Add: To join or combine something with something else.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
- Append to: The standard construction for using the verb.
- You must append the new clause to the main agreement.
Related Idioms
(This word is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.)
Verb
- state or say further
- `It doesn't matter,' he supplied
- fix to; attach
- append a charm to the necklace
- add to the very end
- He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language