MEANING
Add something to the end of a document, list, or other existing item.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- append a note
- append an appendix
On the page
Please append the interview schedule to the final report.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- append
- Past tense
- appended
- Past participle
- appended
- Present participle
- appending
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- append
- Present continuous
- am/is/are appending
- Present perfect
- have/has appended
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been appending
- Past
- appended
- Past continuous
- was/were appending
- Past perfect
- had appended
- Past perfect continuous
- had been appending
- Future
- will append
- Future continuous
- will be appending
- Future perfect
- will have appended
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been appending
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: append; appends; appended; appended; appending Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: appends.
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