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attach
[ uh-tach ]
verb (used with object)
- to fasten or affix; join; connect:
to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
Synonyms: annex, add, append, subjoin
Antonyms: detach
- to join in action or function; make part of:
to attach oneself to a group.
- Military. to place on temporary duty with or in assistance to a military unit.
- to include as a quality or condition of something:
One proviso is attached to this legacy.
- to assign or attribute:
to attach significance to a gesture.
- to bind by ties of affection or regard:
You always attach yourself to people who end up hurting you.
- Law. to take (persons or property) by legal authority.
- Obsolete. to lay hold of; seize.
verb (used without object)
- to adhere; pertain; belong (usually followed by to or upon ):
No blame attaches to him.
attach
/ əˈtætʃ /
verb
- to join, fasten, or connect
- reflexive or passive to become associated with or join, as in a business or other venture
he attached himself to the expedition
- intrfoll byto to be inherent (in) or connected (with)
responsibility attaches to the job
- to attribute or ascribe
to attach importance to an event
- to include or append, esp as a condition
a proviso is attached to the contract
- usually passive military to place on temporary duty with another unit
- usually passive to put (a member of an organization) to work in a different unit or agency, either with an expectation of reverting to, or while retaining some part of, the original working arrangement
- to appoint officially
- law to arrest or take (a person, property, etc) with lawful authority
- obsolete.to seize
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Derived Forms
- atˈtacher, noun
- atˈtachable, adjective
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Other Words From
- at·tacha·ble adjective
- at·tacher noun
- reat·tach verb
- reat·tacha·ble adjective
- unat·tacha·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of attach1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
We have a specific idea to attach to THE INTERVIEW that will crush.
The House and Senate write up the fix the White House wants, but they attach it to something Obama hates.
In DBS, a neurosurgeon implants electrodes in the brain that attach to a “pacemaker” for the brain.
Using skewers/tooth picks, attach monkey bread, Cinnabons, and churros to battleship.
Good luck and pray that Karma doesn't attach a Freddy Krueger like scarletletter to your entire body.
The Texians laughed at the fanfarronades of the dons, and did not attach sufficient importance to these formidable preparations.
Still, I didn't attach any significance to the matter until later, when we visited the kennels.
What a capital thing it would be surely, if the police could attach some of these spirits to their force!
To these men of heart and of talent Lucien de Rubempre, the poet, sought to attach himself.
Those who attach a high value to original and comprehensive thought will scarcely consider him entitled to such an epithet.
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