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attached

American  
[uh-tacht] / əˈtætʃt /

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 British  
/ 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

"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

Other Word Forms

  • nonattached adjective
  • overattached adjective
  • well-attached adjective

Etymology

Origin of attached

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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal