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Definition of "attach" []

  • To fasten, secure, or join: attached the wires to the post. (verb-transitive)
  • To connect as an adjunct or associated condition or part: Many major issues are attached to this legislation. (verb-transitive)
  • To affix or append; add: attached several riders to the document. (verb-transitive)
  • To ascribe or assign: attached no significance to the threat. (verb-transitive)
  • To bind by emotional ties, as of affection or loyalty: I am attached to my family. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "attach" in a sentence
  • "A person without health insurance having a heart attach is just like a person without auto insurance causing an accident."
  • "David Schwartz: A person without health insurance having a heart attach is just like a person without auto insurance causing an accident."
  • "You mean the one where he refuses to engage in attach ads against a fellow democrat?"