Definition of APPEND

append

Plural: appends

Verb

Verb Forms: appended, appending, appends

  • To add something as an attachment or supplement.
  • add to the very end
    • "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
  • fix to; attach
    • "append a charm to the necklace"
  • state or say further
  • To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
  • To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
  • To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Noun

  • An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Examples

  • a seal appended to a record
  • An inscription was appended to the column.
  • Just append an ’S’ to my word if you want an easy nine points.
  • notes appended to a book chapter

Origin / Etymology

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

Synonyms

add, add on, affix, hang on, supplement, supply, tack, tack on, tag on

Scrabble Score: 11

append: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
append: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
append: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

append: valid Words With Friends Word