attached

[ uh-tacht ]

/ əˈtætʃt /

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adjective

joined; connected; bound.

having a wall in common with another building (opposed to detached): an attached house.

Zoology. permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.

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Origin of attached

First recorded in 1545–55; attach + -ed²

Related formsnon·at·tached, adjectiveo·ver·at·tached, adjectivewell-at·tached, adjective

Definition for attached (2 of 2)

attach

[ uh-tach ]

/ əˈtætʃ /

verb (used with object)

to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.

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.

Origin of attach

1300–50; Middle English atachen < Anglo-French atacher to seize, Old French atachier to fasten, alteration of estachier to fasten with or to a stake, equivalent to estach(e) (< Germanic *stakka stake¹) + -ier infinitive suffix

SYNONYMS FOR attach

1 subjoin, append, add, annex.

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ANTONYMS FOR attach

1 detach.

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Related forms

at·tach·a·ble, adjectiveat·tach·er, nounre·at·tach, verbre·at·tach·a·ble, adjective

un·at·tach·a·ble, adjective

Can be confusedattach attaché

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Examples from the Web for attached

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The amendment was attached to a Senate budget resolution, which Reid does not have the ability to block.
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There was “some note of caution” attached to hiring Knox, thanks to the negativity from the case, Robinson said.
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The instrument is attached to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, northwest of Sydney, Australia.
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He had just attached the machine and at this point it was not turned on.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
This does not form one body with the rest of the frame, but is attached extemporaneously to it by bars and wedged bolts.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The gauge is attached to the gas burner and the pressure is read by means of a scale attached to the gauge.
General Science|Bertha M. Clark
The chamber-maid plays a very unimportant part in any hotel, and a "bell-man" is attached to each floor.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent
Jakin and Lew were attached to the Band as supernumeraries, though they would much have preferred being company buglers.
Soldiers Three, Part II.|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for attached (1 of 2)

attached

/ (əˈtætʃt) /

adjective

(foll by to) fond (of); full of regard (for)he was very attached to the old lady

married, engaged, or associated in an exclusive sexual relationshipit's no good dancing with her, she's already attached

British Dictionary definitions for attached (2 of 2)

attach

/ (əˈtætʃ) /

verb (mainly tr)

to join, fasten, or connect

(reflexive or passive) to become associated with or join, as in a business or other venturehe attached himself to the expedition

(intr foll by to) to be inherent (in) or connected (with)responsibility attaches to the job

to attribute or ascribeto attach importance to an event

to include or append, esp as a conditiona 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

Derived Formsattachable, adjectiveattacher, noun

Word Origin for attach

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

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Word Origin and History for attached (1 of 2)

attached

adj.

"affectionate, devoted, fond," 1793, past participle adjective from attach.

Word Origin and History for attached (1 of 2)

attach

mid-14c. (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), "to take or seize (property or goods) by law," a legal term, from Old French atachier (11c.), earlier estachier "to attach, fix; stake up, support" (Modern French attacher, also cf. Italian attaccare), perhaps from a- "to" + Frankish *stakon "a post, stake" or a similar Germanic word (see stake (n.)). Meaning "to fasten, affix, connect" is from c.1400. Related: Attached; attaching.

Idioms and Phrases with attached

attach

see no strings attached.

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adjective

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