append

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ʌˈpɛnd/ (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd Homophone: upend === Verb === append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended) (transitive) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === append (plural appends) (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. === References === “append”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === napped == Dutch == === Participle === append present participle of appen ==== Declension ==== == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === append third-person singular present indicative of appendre