Attach

Quick meaning: Attach is a verb meaning (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
2. To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
3. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
4. 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.
5. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
6. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.
7. (obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.

Example Sentences

Dower will attach.

I've attached the contract to this email.

You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.

An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.

Word Forms

• attaches
• attaching
• attached

Synonyms for attach

Depending on context, synonyms include connect, annex, affix, unite, accouple, assemble.

Antonyms for attach

Common opposites include detach, unfasten, disengage, separate, decouple, disconnect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include seize, confiscate, sequester, impound, tether, enclose.

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