Append

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ʌˈpÉ›nd/
• UK IPA: /əˈpÉ›nd/
• Rhymes: -É›nd
• Homophones: upend

Origin

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

Full definition of append

Verb

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
3. (computing) To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file.

Derived terms

• prepend

Noun

1. (computing) An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.

Anagrams

• napped