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View synonyms for attached

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



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Other Words From

  • nonat·tached adjective
  • over·at·tached adjective
  • well-at·tached adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of attached1

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

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Example Sentences

It is hard to feel attached to where you are if you are always thinking of where you have been or where you are going.

Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.

Corden has actually been attached to Into the Woods since the first reading of the screenplay two-and-a-half years ago.

Apparently the Russos are very close to Paul and Joe suggested Paul could be attached to direct both.

Democrats are up in arms about several policy riders attached to the cromnibus.

The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

This takes at first the crude device of a couple of vertical lines attached to the head (see Fig. 4).

In shape it is curved, like those things for candles attached to upright pianos, but with a weighted foot to hold it firm.

If the capital letter S were cut into two parts, and the bottom half attached to the top half, it would make a nought .

It does not appear, however, that any special significance is attached to this singular fancy.

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