Attach Meaning
/əˈtæt͡ʃ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
verbTo adhere; to be attached.
Sentence Examples
It is important that you attach your photo to the application form.
Attach this label to your package.
I attach a copy of my notes for your information.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[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:
"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:
"The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted."
— 1838, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy:
"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:
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