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.

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, adjective at·tach·er, noun re·at·tach, verb re·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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Example sentences from the Web for attachable

Similar indicator ribbons are attachable to the back gage for screw, cable, chain, and metal tape movements.

Paper-Cutting Machines |Niel, Jr., Gray
His bonhommie, his gentle and attachable nature do not allow it.

A Trip to Cuba |Julia Ward Howe
Sibbald prints it as a K, a letter without any attachable meaning.

Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 |James Y. Simpson
A special Corps of Pioneers, attachable to any unit which might need them, had been organized to handle this novel weapon.

Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 1 |Louis Raemaekers

Taxis and fiacres flew flags and bunting from all attachable places.

"And they thought we wouldn't fight" |Floyd Gibbons

British Dictionary definitions for attachable

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 venture he attached himself to the expedition

(intr foll by to) 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 of attach

attachable, adjective attacher, noun

Word Origin for attach

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

Idioms and Phrases with attachable

attach

see no strings attached.

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attach

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verb (used without object)

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