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append.

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʌˈpɛnd/US/əˈpɛnd/UK

  1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.

    transitive
    a seal appended to a record
    An inscription was appended to the column.

  2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex.

    transitive
    notes appended to a book chapter

  3. To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append 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.

noun/ʌˈpɛnd/US/əˈpɛnd/UK

  1. An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file or sequential data structure, such as a list.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append 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.

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