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attach

[ uh-tach ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten or affix; join; connect:

    to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.

    Synonyms: annex, add, append, subjoin

    Antonyms: detach

  2. to join in action or function; make part of:

    to attach oneself to a group.

  3. Military. to place on temporary duty with or in assistance to a military unit.
  4. to include as a quality or condition of something:

    One proviso is attached to this legacy.

  5. to assign or attribute:

    to attach significance to a gesture.

  6. to bind by ties of affection or regard:

    You always attach yourself to people who end up hurting you.

  7. Law. to take (persons or property) by legal authority.
  8. Obsolete. to lay hold of; seize.


verb (used without object)

  1. to adhere; pertain; belong (usually followed by to or upon ):

    No blame attaches to him.

attach

/ əˈtætʃ /

verb

  1. to join, fasten, or connect
  2. reflexive or passive to become associated with or join, as in a business or other venture

    he attached himself to the expedition

  3. intrfoll byto to be inherent (in) or connected (with)

    responsibility attaches to the job

  4. to attribute or ascribe

    to attach importance to an event

  5. to include or append, esp as a condition

    a proviso is attached to the contract

  6. usually passive military to place on temporary duty with another unit
  7. 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
  8. to appoint officially
  9. law to arrest or take (a person, property, etc) with lawful authority
  10. obsolete.
    to seize
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • atˈtacher, noun
  • atˈtachable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • at·tacha·ble adjective
  • at·tacher noun
  • reat·tach verb
  • reat·tacha·ble adjective
  • unat·tacha·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attach1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English atachen, from Anglo-French atacher “to seize,” Old French atachier “to fasten,” alteration of estachier “to fasten with or to a stake,” from estach(e), from Frankish stakka “stake”; stake 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attach1

C14: from Old French atachier to fasten, changed from estachier to fasten with a stake, from estache stake 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see no strings attached .
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Example Sentences

"There was a bit of excitement attached to getting a beauty calendar. It was something to share together around Christmas time. It's our little treat."

From BBC

The host acknowledged that regardless of who the winner is, people would project many different outcomes attached to them.

From Salon

State workers discovered golden mussels attached to equipment and buoys in the Port of Stockton last month while carrying out routine water quality tests.

Ms Wisniewska then uses a scalpel to make a small hole and inserts a long cannula attached to a suction machine on the floor and begins to suck out fat.

From BBC

They come in quick-drying “backpack cases,” made from recycled plastic water bottles, with carabiners attached — so you can clip them to your daypack for convenience.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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