attach
verb (used with object)
to fasten or affix; join; connect.
have attached
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present perfectof attach.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The researchers have attached ATP to the nanoparticles, which also recruits immune cells to the tumor to initiate anti-tumor immune responses.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Germany told the U.N. that trained divers could have attached explosives at the points where the damage occurred to the pipelines at about 70 to 80 meters deep.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023
Today I live in Taiwan, where Mandarin Chinese is the lingua franca, and fixtures of the California accent have attached itself to my Chinese.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Khalife, who joined the British Army in 2019, is thought to have attached himself to the underside of a food delivery lorry in a planned escape.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2023
But even if I could have attached words to my terror, there was no one to hear them.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
