Academic / B2

uh-PEND-iks/əˈpendɪks/

In academic English, an appendix is extra material at the end of a book or report — tables, questionnaires, long data — not the main argument. Plural: appendices (or appendixes). See the appendix / in Appendix B are standard. An appendix is also a small organ in the body (appendicitis is the inflammation); that medical sense is useful, but in essays the book sense is the one you need. Everyday: extra section at the back. Do not dump the real analysis into an appendix and hope nobody notices.

Meaning

Extra material at the end of a book, or a small organ in the body (not only extra pages).

Examples

• “The tables are in the appendix at the back of the book.”
• “Put the raw scores in the appendix, not in chapter three.”
• “She had her appendix removed years ago; the word in this essay still means the extra section at the back.”

Good to know

Academic: extra section at the end of a book/report (Appendix A/B). Plural: appendices. Also a body organ (appendicitis). Everyday: extra pages at the back.

Near in meaning

addendum

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