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APPEND

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

State or say further

Example:

'It doesn't matter,' he supplied

Synonyms:

add; append; supply

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "append" is one way to...):

say; state; tell (express in words)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "append"):

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in (insert casually)

toss in (add casually to a conversation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They append that there was a traffic accident

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fix to; attach

Example:

append a charm to the necklace

Synonyms:

append; hang on; tack; tack on; tag on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "append" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "append"):

subjoin (add to the end)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

appendage (a part that is joined to something larger)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Add to the very end

Example:

He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language

Synonyms:

add on; affix; append; supplement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "append" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "append"):

annex (attach to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

appendage (a part that is joined to something larger)

appendant (affixed as an appendage)

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