Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.

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

[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.

A huge stone, to which the cable on the left bank was attached, was removed years later

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.

The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.

I've attached the contract to this email.

Dower will attach.

Word Forms

• attaches
• attaching
• attached

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When Should You Use Attaché?

Use attaché when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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