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attachattach /əˈtætʃ/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL verb ETYMOLOGYattachOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French atachier, estachier, from estache sharp post VERB TABLEattach |
Present | I, you, we, they | attach | | he, she, it | attaches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | attached | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have attached | | he, she, it | has attached | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had attached | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will attach | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have attached |
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Present | I | am attaching | | he, she, it | is attaching | | you, we, they | are attaching | Past | I, he, she, it | was attaching | | you, we, they | were attaching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been attaching | | he, she, it | has been attaching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been attaching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be attaching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been attaching |
► attached garage a large house with an attached garage ► attached ... importance Parry said he hadn’t attached much importance to the decision. ► blame ... attached No blame should be attached to my client for his actions (=he should not be blamed). THESAURUSattach something to something► fasten to attach something firmly to another object or surface: A hook is fastened to the ceiling of the warehouse. ► join to make things connected so they will not separate: Join the two copper wires together by twisting them. ► attach to join something firmly to another object or surface: A long lens was attached to the camera. ► secure formal to fasten or hold something tightly in a particular position: “Please fasten your seat belt and secure all loose objects,” said the flight attendant. ► glue to join things together using glue: Glue the two pieces of wood together in the shape of an X. ► tape to fasten or attach something using tape: I taped the note to the front door. ► staple to join papers together or attach one paper to another using staples (=small pieces of bent wire that go through paper): Staple the papers together and put them in the envelope. ► clip to join things together using a clip (=a small object that goes over paper to hold it together): Susan clipped the newspaper articles together and put them in a drawer. 1[transitive] to connect one object to another: attach something to something Attach a recent photo to your application.attach something with something The note was attached with tape. a large house with an attached garage► see thesaurus at fasten2[transitive] computers to connect a document or computer file to an email: I’m attaching my résumé here.3[transitive] to believe that someone or something has a particular quality or feeling related to it SYN attribute: attach something to something the shame attached to rape Parry said he hadn’t attached much importance to the decision. No blame should be attached to my client for his actions (=he should not be blamed).4be attached to somebody/something to like or love someone or something very much, especially someone or something that you have known or had for a long time: She became deeply attached to the children she took care of.5be attached to something a)to work for part of a particular organization, especially for a short period of time: We have 352 people attached to the embassy in Moscow. b)to be part of a bigger organization: The computer department is attached to the consumer products division.6attach yourself to somebody to spend a lot of time with someone, especially because you want people to think you are closely connected: He succeeded by attaching himself to more powerful political figures.7attach a condition to something to allow something, but only if someone agrees to do particular things: Congress can attach conditions to its grants.8attach a label to something to describe something in a particular way, especially when this is unfair or too general: The group tried to get away from the “extremist” label that the media attached to it. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French atachier, estachier, from estache sharp post] |