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attach
[ uh-tach ]
verb (used with object)
- to fasten or affix; join; connect:
to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- 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.
attach
/ əˈæʃ /
verb
- to join, fasten, or connect
- reflexive or passive to become associated with or join, as in a business or other venture
he attached himself to the expedition
- intrfoll byto to be inherent (in) or connected (with)
responsibility attaches to the job
- to attribute or ascribe
to attach importance to an event
- to include or append, esp as a condition
a 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
- ˈٲ, noun
- ˈٲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٲa· adjective
- ·ٲİ noun
- a·ٲ verb
- re·ٲa· adjective
- un·ٲa· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of attach1
Idioms and Phrases
see no strings attached .Example Sentences
For example, if you love where you live, have great neighbors or are attached to your home, renovating may be the better choice.
"It may be that staff didn't attach a card or tag immediately, or that it simply fell off and was put back on the wrong baby or on the wrong crib."
“People attach the label tabloid to ‘Inside Edition’ and the others.
Tay said the money from the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce was a gift — no strings attached.
Discussing his current movement, he says: "I can move my feet and I can stand with a frame attached to my wheelchair but I need to work on my glutes."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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