attached

[uh-tacht]

adjective

1. joined; connected; bound.

2. having a wall in common with another building (detached ).

   an attached house.

3. Zoology.,  permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.

attached

/ əˈtætʃt /

adjective

1. (foll by to) fond (of); full of regard (for)

   he was very attached to the old lady

2. married, engaged, or associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

   it's no good dancing with her, she's already attached

Other Word Forms

• nonattached adjective
• overattached adjective
• well-attached adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of attached¹

First recorded in 1545–55; attach + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It will always be West Ham's name that is inexorably attached to Bonds.

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At the risk of sounding more pious than I am: When every game, every half, every quarter and even every shot is attached to gambling odds, good old-fashioned storytelling gets choked out.

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He added that the posters were attached with a flour and water mixture, rather than glue, to avoid any damage or contamination.

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"He had a certain charisma attached to himself that put him in a position where people turned to him."

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The Winter Egg was subsequently part of several notable British collections but was considered lost since 1975, the auction house noted in a lengthy essay attached to the sale lot online.

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