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attach en · VERB

Pronunciation

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/əˈtæt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack. Displaced native Old English þīedan.

Meanings

(transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
- You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.
- A huge stone, to which the cable on the left bank was attached, was removed years later 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work. 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
- [T]he ſhoulder-blade has no bony communication with the trunk, either by a joint, or proceſs, or in any other way. […] It is bedded in the fleſh; attached only to the muſcles. 1802, William Paley, “Of Mechanical Arrangement in the Human Frame”, in Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, London: […] [F]or R[obert] Faulder, […], by Wilks and Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 117:
(intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
- The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. 1838, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy:
To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
- I've attached the contract to this email.
To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
- Dower will attach.
- it therefore becomes important to know at what time the lien for taxes will attach. 1886, Thomas M. Cooley, A Treatise on the Law of Taxation:
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.
- incapable of attaching a sensible man 1811, [Jane Austen], Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
- God […] by various ties attaches man to man. 1782, William Cowper, “Charity”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
- attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- Some of the guilt must attach to the parents.
- to attach great importance to a particular circumstance
- To this treasure a curse is attached. 1879, Bayard Taylor, Studies in German Literature:
(obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
- Then homeward every man attach the hand / Of his fair mistress. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], lines 351–352:
(obsolete) To arrest, seize.
- The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. 1868–1899, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, Cameos from English History, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
- Eftsoones the Gard, which on his state did wait, / Attacht that faitor false, and bound him strait […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Old lord, I cannot blame thee, / Who am myself attach'd with weariness / To th' dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

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Spelling	Features	Source
attached	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
attached	Tense=Past	lexicographic
attaches	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
attaching	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Translations (93)

hu kapcsol (to fasten, to join to) · chr ᎦᏌᏁᎾᏛᏍᎦ (to fasten, to join to) · pl mocować (to fasten, to join to) · cs přichytit se (to fasten, to join to) · ar رَبَطَ (to fasten, to join to) · pl przymocowywać impf przymocować (to fasten, to join to) · ja 添付する (to fasten, to join to) · ht tache (to fasten, to join to) · ga greamaigh (to fasten, to join to) · mi aropiri (to fasten, to join to) · ru прикрепи́ть (to fasten, to join to) · ko 첨부하다 (to fasten, to join to) · qu watay (to fasten, to join to) · es unir (to fasten, to join to) · grc ἐξάπτω (to fasten, to join to) · cs připevnit (to fasten, to join to) · uk приє́днувати (to fasten, to join to) · hu csatol (to fasten, to join to) · cmn 附有 (to fasten, to join to) · bn আটকানো (to fasten, to join to) · th ติด (to fasten, to join to) · cmn 附加 (to fasten, to join to) · eo alligi (to fasten, to join to) · nl vastmaken (to fasten, to join to) · uk прив'я́зувати (to fasten, to join to) · la illigō (to fasten, to join to) · gl unir (to fasten, to join to) · it appiccare (to fasten, to join to) · it legare (to fasten, to join to) · cs přiložit (to fasten, to join to) · ml ഘടിപ്പിക്കുക (to fasten, to join to) · pl przytwierdzić (to fasten, to join to) · ro anexa (to fasten, to join to) · es atachear (to fasten, to join to) · sv vidfoga (to fasten, to join to) · de anbringen (to fasten, to join to) · uk прикрі́плювати (to fasten, to join to) · ja 付ける (to fasten, to join to) · pl umocowywać (to fasten, to join to) · la apō (to fasten, to join to) · uk прикріпи́ти (to fasten, to join to) · es adjuntar (to fasten, to join to) · bn লাগানো (to fasten, to join to) · hy հոդել (to fasten, to join to) · got 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to fasten, to join to) · es atachar (to fasten, to join to) · fi liittää (to fasten, to join to) · pt anexar (to fasten, to join to) · ru прикрепля́ть (to fasten, to join to) · ko 붙이다 (to fasten, to join to) · sv fästa (to fasten, to join to) · az qoşmaq (to fasten, to join to) · bg прикрепвам (to fasten, to join to) · ru заде́рживать (to arrest, seize) · sv sätta fast (to fasten, to join to) · kix já (to fasten, to join to) · uk причіпля́ти (to fasten, to join to) · uk причі́плювати (to fasten, to join to) · bg закрепвам (to fasten, to join to) · ro lega (to fasten, to join to) · mi whakarapa (to fasten, to join to) · fr attacher (to fasten, to join to) · ru задержа́ть (to arrest, seize) · cmn 附上 (to fasten, to join to) · uk приєдна́ти (to fasten, to join to) · ro atașa (to fasten, to join to) · mi whakapiripiri (to fasten, to join to) · el επισυνάπτω (to fasten, to join to) · ota طاقمق (to fasten, to join to) · la adiciō (to fasten, to join to) · pms taché (to fasten, to join to) · uk прикріпля́ти (to fasten, to join to) · ga ceangail (to fasten, to join to) · pl przytwierdzać (to fasten, to join to) · uk прив'яза́ти (to fasten, to join to) · cmn 附 (to fasten, to join to) · es adosar (to fasten, to join to) · et kaasama (to fasten, to join to) · mi whakapiri (to fasten, to join to) · uk причепи́ти (to fasten, to join to) · la applicō (to fasten, to join to) · sv bifoga (to fasten, to join to) · mi tautara (to fasten, to join to) · es prender (to fasten, to join to) · cs připojit (to fasten, to join to) · eo kroĉi (to fasten, to join to) · pl zamocowywać impf zamocować (to fasten, to join to) · mi whakamau (to fasten, to join to) · pl umocować (to fasten, to join to) · cmn 附筆 /附笔 (to fasten, to join to) · he חיבר (to fasten, to join to) · la nectō (to fasten, to join to) · io atachar (to fasten, to join to)

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