attachment

CEFRB1

/əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something fastened or joined to another thing.

  2. 02

    noun

    A file sent with an email or message.

Examples

  • I feel a strong attachment to this house.

  • Would you please send me details of your products via e-mail as an attachment?

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Strong feelings of affection for someone or something.

  2. A dependence, especially a strong one.

  3. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.

More examples

In context

  • I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

  • 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

  • attachment of earnings

Quick test

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He sent the report as an blank in his email to the manager.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.