Meaning

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

    You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.

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

    anbringen

    прикрепля́тьprikrepljátʹ, прикрепи́тьprikrepítʹ

    прикрі́плюватиprykrípljuvaty, прикріпля́тиprykripljáty, прикріпи́тиprykripýty

  2. (intransitive)To adhere; to be attached.

    be attached; be in contact with

  3. To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).

    I've attached the contract to this email.

  4. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.

    Dower will attach.

  5. 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.

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

  6. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.

    to attach great importance to a particular circumstance

    Some of the guilt must attach to the parents.

  7. (obsolete)To take, seize, or lay hold of.

  8. (obsolete)To arrest, seize.

    заде́рживатьzadérživatʹ, задержа́тьzaderžátʹ

Examples

237 sentences
  1. He is deeply attached to her.

    Він дуже прив'язаний до неї.

    ruОн очень привязан к ней.

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  2. I forgot to attach a stamp to the envelope.

    Я забув наклеїти марку на конверт.

    ruЯ забыл наклеить марку на конверт.

    deIch habe vergessen, eine Briefmarke auf den Umschlag zu kleben.

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  3. Tom grew very attached to Mary.

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  4. I attached my signature to the document.

    deIch unterschrieb das Dokument.

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  5. A card was attached to the gift.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to fasten, to join to:
Русский
By meaning 2
to fasten, to join to:
to arrest, seize:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fasten, to join to:

Origin

From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), der

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.

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Forms

attaches, attaching, attached, attached
Base formattach · to attach
3rd person singularattaches
Present participleattaching
Past simpleattached
Past participleattached

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyattach
he, she, itattaches

Past simpleLesson

all personsattached

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave attached
he, she, ithas attached

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill attach

Synonyms

64 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

11 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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