attach

[ uh-tach ]

/ 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.

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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 *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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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

Words nearby attach

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Attaching food with skewers, toothpicks, fishing line, and twine.
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More members of the Twitterverse are coopting the hashtag and attaching it to concerns that seem relatively trivial.
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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

To further complicate things, I insisted on attaching myself as the screenwriter.
Jonathan Tropper: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After attaching the petiole to the recording lever, indirect stimulus is applied, generally speaking, at a distance of 15 mm.
Life Movements in Plants|Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
They have evinced much ingenuity, he says, in attaching the uprights to the flat timbers.
The Evolution of Culture|Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
But, by attaching with wax to one of the forks a little weight, we cause it to vibrate more slowly than its neighbour.
Six Lectures on Light|John Tyndall
Yet Jude was in danger of attaching more meaning to Sue's impulsive note than it really was intended to bear.
Jude the Obscure|Thomas Hardy
Dragon Ricardo persuades his chief to the adventure of attaching it.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Apr 2, 1919|Various

British Dictionary definitions for attaching

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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