attached

B2
Pronunciation
/əˈtætʃt/
Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

Synonyms
affix annex connect unite
Antonyms
detach disengage separate unfasten
Example Sentences
  • An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
2 Definition

To adhere; to be attached.

Synonyms
cling stick
3 Definition

To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

Example Sentences
  • Dower will attach.
4 Definition

To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.

Example Sentences
  • attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
5 Definition

To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

Example Sentences
  • to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
6 Definition

To take, seize, or lay hold of.

7 Definition

To arrest, seize.

Adjective
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

Connected; joined.

2 Definition

Fond of (used with to).

Example Sentences
  • I'm very attached to my pets.
3 Definition

In a romantic or sexual relationship.

Example Sentences
  • As far as I know, he isn't attached, so I'm going to invite him out on a date.
4 Definition

Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

Example Sentences
  • In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.
5 Definition

Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.