attach

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/ əˈtætʃ /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR attach

1 subjoin, append, add, annex.

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OPPOSITES FOR attach

1 detach.

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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 *stakkastake¹) + -ier infinitive suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM attach

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

un·at·tach·a·ble, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH attach

attach , attaché

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How to use attach in a sentence

Perlman declined to shared the hard dollar figures attached to the percentage revenue gain, and compared to what base.
‘Valuations had shifted’: What a private equity acquisition means for legacy media|Kayleigh Barber|November 19, 2020|Digiday
Most surgical masks have one, and you can easily attach bands to cloth face coverings—either homemade or store-bought.
The best ways to stop a mask from fogging up your glasses, ranked|Sandra Gutierrez G.|November 18, 2020|Popular-Science
Instead, there are question marks attached to almost every potential lottery pick.
These 3 NBA Draft Prospects Are Perfect Fits For The Modern League|Michael Pina|November 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The modern version consists of a fiberglass pole with a threaded tip, which allows different spear heads to be attached depending on the type of fish you’re targeting and the environment you’re fishing.
Take a stab at spearfishing with these tips|Same Romano/Outdoor Life|November 16, 2020|Popular-Science

Axiom plans to launch a habitat module to attach to the ISS in 2024, which is supposed to be just the first part of a larger private space station to be constructed and assembled throughout the rest of the decade.
A private company has a crew going to the ISS next year|Neel Patel|November 12, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Attaching food with skewers, toothpicks, fishing line, and twine.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship|Harley Morenstein|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More members of the Twitterverse are coopting the hashtag and attaching it to concerns that seem relatively trivial.
#YesAllWomen Has Jumped the Shark|Emily Shire|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Suddenly, the scarf (or whatever was attaching it from above) slipped, and she fell onto the concrete headfirst.
Thrills and Too Many Spills: The Dangers of the Circus|Marina Watts|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The problem with this is that attaching all this shame to sex does end up hurting people.
Why We Need to Stop Using the Phrase ‘Walk of Shame’|Amanda Marcotte|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Senators can also try attaching the bill as an amendment to future bills under consideration.
GOP Will Force Reid to Save Obama’s Iran Policy—Over and Over Again|Josh Rogin|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Having reached this spot, they lost no time in cutting slender poles of poplar and attaching the lines.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson
David, attaching no importance to so natural and trivial an incident, passed on before the youth.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue
Through the oval-shaped flange two bolts pass for attaching the bearing to the wrought-iron framing of the tender.
An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design|David Allan Low
One porter overcame this difficulty by attaching a long handle to the pan as shown in the illustration.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2|Various
Magpies are plentiful and are seen in flocks of twenty at a time, in numbers that preclude any superstition attaching to them.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram

British Dictionary definitions for attach

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 forms of attach

attachable, 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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