append
UK /əˈpɛnd/ · US /ʌˈpɛnd/ verb, noun
Forms appends appending appended
- verb (transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended. “a seal appended to a record”
- verb (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex. “notes appended to a book chapter”
- verb (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
- noun (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file or sequential data structure, such as a list.
Synonyms
add on supplement affix tag on tack on tack hang on add supply
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.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.
- verb To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
Etymology [L. appendere or F. appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre, F. appendre, fr. L. append, v. i., to hang to, append, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend, v. i., to hang, pend, v. t., to hang. See Pendant.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “append”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details