attach

verb

US /əˈtætʃ/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	attach
he/she/it	attaches
present participle	attaching
past tense	attached
past participle	attached

1
transitive to fasten or join one thing to another
attach something to something:
Attach the rope to the branch of a tree.
There was a message attached to the flowers.
Synonyms and related words
To fasten or join one thing to another
fasten
fix
attach
1. 1a
  to connect one machine or piece of equipment to another
  He attached a color printer to his computer.
  Synonyms and related words
  To connect or disconnect a machine or piece of equipment
  alarm
  attach
  automate
2
transitive to send a computer file with an e-mail or upload it to a website
Synonyms and related words
Communicating by email or text message
address
ASCII art
attach
1. 2a
  to send something such as a document or piece of extra information with a letter
  I attach a recent photograph.
  Synonyms and related words
  To send something somewhere
  send
  ship
  send out
3
transitive if something is attached to a place, it has a connection with or is part of it
be attached to something:
The field was used by horses from the riding school that is attached to the farm.
Synonyms and related words
To be connected with or related to something
link
surround
correspond
4
intransitive if a quality attaches to someone or something, they have that quality
attach to something:
An element of risk inevitably attaches to sports such as skiing.
Considerable prestige attaches to his new position.
Synonyms and related words
To be a feature or example of something
feature
enter into
characterize
5
transitive usually passiveto send someone to work with a different group of people or in a different place, especially temporarily
be attached to someone/something:
She is now attached to the American Embassy in Beijing.
Synonyms and related words
To start a career or new job, or to move to a new position
join
arrive
enter
6
transitive legalto take money or property from someone as payment of a debt
The government has the right to attach property or earnings in order to settle a tax debt.
Synonyms and related words
To take something away from someone
go off with
seize
rob

phrases

attach a condition (to something)

attach a label to someone

attach importance/significance/value/weight to something

attach yourself to

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