attachment
noun /əˈtætʃmənt/
/əˈtætʃmənt/
- [countable] (computing) a document that you send to somebody using email
- No attachment was included.
Wordfinder- address
- attachment
- compose
- draft
- emoticon
- forward
- inbox
- message
- re
Collocations Email and the internetEmail and the internetEmailTopics Phones, email and the internetb2- receive/get/open an email
- write/send/answer/forward/delete an email
- check/read/access your email
- block/filter (out) junk/spam/unsolicited email
- exchange email addresses
- open/check your inbox
- junk mail fills/floods/clogs your inbox
- have/set up an email account
- open/send/contain an attachment
- sign up for/receive email alerts
- use/access/log onto the internet/the Web
- go online/on the internet
- have a high-speed/broadband/wireless (internet) connection
- access/connect to/locate the server
- use/open/close/launch a/your web browser
- browse/surf/search/scour the internet/the Web
- send/contain/spread/detect a(n) (computer/email) virus
- update your anti-virus software
- install/use/configure a firewall
- accept/enable/block/delete cookies
- visit/check a website/an internet site/somebody’s blog
- create/design/launch a website/social networking site
- start/write/post/read a blog
- update your blog/a website
- be in/meet somebody in/go into/enter an internet chat room
- download/upload music/software/a song/a podcast/a file/a copy of something
- share information/data/files
- post a comment/message on a(n) website/online message board/web forum/internet chat room
- stream video/audio/music/content over the internet
- join/participate in/visit/provide a(n) (web-based/web/online/internet/discussion) forum
- generate/increase/monitor internet traffic
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- unsolicited
- infected
- …
- include
- send
- open
- …
- [uncountable, countable] the act of joining one thing to another; a thing that joins two things together
- All cars have points for the attachment of safety restraints.
- attachment of something to something They discussed the attachment of new conditions to the peace plans.
- attachment to something They had to check the strength of the seat attachments to the floor of the plane.
- [countable, uncountable] attachment (to somebody) a feeling of love for somebody/something
- a child’s strong attachment to its parents
- Prisoners can develop attachments to their guards.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- deep
- passionate
- …
- feel
- have
- develop
- …
- attachment to
- [countable, uncountable] attachment (to something) belief in and support for an idea or a set of values
- the popular attachment to democratic government
- [countable] a tool that you can fix onto a machine, to make it do another job
- an electric drill with a range of different attachments
- [countable, uncountable] (British English) a short time spent working with an organization such as a hospital, school or part of the armed forces
- a 4-month training attachment
- on attachment (to something) She's on attachment to the local hospital.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘arrest for contempt of court’): from Old French attachement, from atachier ‘fasten, fix’ or estachier, based on an element of Germanic origin related to stake ‘post’.