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attach

[ uh-tach ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to fasten or affix; join; connect:

    to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to join in action or function; make part of:

    to attach oneself to a group.

  3. Military. to place on temporary duty with or in assistance to a military unit.
  4. to include as a quality or condition of something:

    One proviso is attached to this legacy.

  5. to assign or attribute:

    to attach significance to a gesture.

  6. to bind by ties of affection or regard:

    You always attach yourself to people who end up hurting you.

  7. Law. to take (persons or property) by legal authority.
  8. Obsolete. to lay hold of; seize.


verb (used without object)

  1. to adhere; pertain; belong (usually followed by to or upon ):

    No blame attaches to him.

attach

/ əˈæʃ /

verb

  1. to join, fasten, or connect
  2. reflexive or passive to become associated with or join, as in a business or other venture

    he attached himself to the expedition

  3. intrfoll byto to be inherent (in) or connected (with)

    responsibility attaches to the job

  4. to attribute or ascribe

    to attach importance to an event

  5. to include or append, esp as a condition

    a proviso is attached to the contract

  6. usually passive military to place on temporary duty with another unit
  7. 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
  8. to appoint officially
  9. law to arrest or take (a person, property, etc) with lawful authority
  10. obsolete.
    to seize
“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
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Derived Forms

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  • ˈٲ󲹲, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of attach1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English atachen, from Anglo-French atacher “to seize,” Old French atachier “to fasten,” alteration of estachier “to fasten with or to a stake,” from estach(e), from Frankish stakka “sٲ”; stake 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of attach1

C14: from Old French atachier to fasten, changed from estachier to fasten with a stake, from estache stake 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see no strings attached .
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Example Sentences

“People attach the label tabloid to ‘Inside Edition’ and the others.

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Tay said the money from the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce was a gift — no strings attached.

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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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It's the sort of language that goes down well with the RN's core constituency, but its broader appeal may be limited in a country that remains, in many ways, deeply attached to its institutions.

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McCarthy’s map, which has been attached to plywood pieces and mounted on what amounts to a faux wall, sits amid blocked-off parking spaces just steps from burned-out lots.

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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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