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Meaning of attached

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

attached

Pronunciation:/əˈtætʃt/

verb

Definitions

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

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

    Synonyms:affixannexconnectunite
    Antonyms:detachdisengageseparateunfasten
  2. To adhere; to be attached.

    Synonyms:clingstick
  3. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

    Example: Dower will attach.

  4. 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.

    Example: attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery

adjective

Definitions

  1. Connected; joined.

  2. Fond of (used with to).

    Example: I'm very attached to my pets.

  3. In a romantic or sexual relationship.

    Example: As far as I know, he isn't attached, so I'm going to invite him out on a date.

  4. Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

    Example: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.