attach
verb /əˈtætʃ/
/əˈtætʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they attach | /əˈtætʃ/ /əˈtætʃ/ |
| he / she / it attaches | /əˈtætʃɪz/ /əˈtætʃɪz/ |
| past simple attached | /əˈtætʃt/ /əˈtætʃt/ |
| past participle attached | /əˈtætʃt/ /əˈtætʃt/ |
| -ing form attaching | /əˈtætʃɪŋ/ /əˈtætʃɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to fasten or join one thing to another
- attach something I attach a copy of my notes for your information.
- A copy of his document is attached as Appendix 3 at the end of this book.
- attach something to something Attach the coupon to the front of your letter.
- (figurative) They have attached a number of conditions to the agreement (= said that the conditions must be part of the agreement)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- firmly
- securely
- loosely
- …
- to
- [transitive] to send an electronic document with an email
- I attach a copy of the spreadsheet.
- I am attaching the image as a PDF file.
- [transitive] to believe that something is important or worth thinking about
- attach importance, significance, value, weight to something I attach great importance to this research.
- I wouldn't attach too much weight to these findings.
- [transitive] attach yourself to somebody to join somebody for a time, sometimes when you are not welcome or have not been invited
- He attached himself to me at the party and I couldn't get rid of him.
- [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to be connected with somebody/something; to connect something to something
- attach to somebody/something No one is suggesting that any health risks attach to this product.
- No blame attaches to you.
- attach something to somebody/something This does not attach any blame to you.
- be attached to something Unfortunately, there is still a stigma attached to mental illness.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘seize by legal authority’): from Old French atachier or estachier ‘fasten, fix’, based on an element of Germanic origin related to stake ‘post’; compare with attack.