attached
Americanadjective
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joined; connected; bound.
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having a wall in common with another building (detached ).
an attached house.
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Zoology. permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.
adjective
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(foll by to) fond (of); full of regard (for)
he was very attached to the old lady
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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
Etymology
Origin of attached
Example Sentences
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When attached to a character, indeterminacy manifests itself as confusion, and the novel mines a lot of humor from the bumbling of its poet-antihero.
Recruitment, he added, could take place at mosques attached to the Basij militia in Tehran, and in city squares where pro-establishment rallies have been held.
From BBC
To launch it, they attached the plane to a Pontiac convertible and ripped across the nearby lake bed at 120 mph.
From Los Angeles Times
They all come with a “but” attached to them.
From Literature
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The so-called upper stage of SLS will later separate from the main part of the rocket with Orion attached, and use its engine to set up the latter vehicle for a push to the moon.
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