attached; attaching; attaches
1
: to take by legal authority especially under a writ
attached the property
2
a
: to bring (oneself) into an association
attached herself to their cause
b
: to assign (an individual or unit in the military) temporarily
3
: to bind by personal ties (as of affection or sympathy)
was strongly attached to his family
4
: to make fast (as by tying or gluing)
attach a label to a package
5
: to associate especially as a property or an attribute : ascribe
attached great importance to public opinion polls
6
: to include and send (a separate document or file) with an electronic message (such as an email or text message)
Unlike … some other social networking hubs, Beejive allows you to attach photos or videos to a message, or download files from messages, just as you would via e-mail.—
Bob Tedeschi
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Examples of attach in a Sentence
I've attached an application to the brochure for you.
She attached a note to the package.
I attached the file to the e-mail.
The handle attaches here on the top.
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The Athletic reported that Moses Moody’s three-year, $39 million contract extension has some unique incentives attached to it worth an average of $500,000 per year.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Social psychology experiments show that people often cope with the specter of death by attaching themselves to cultural ideologies, such as religious, political, or even sports fandom.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
In today's fast-moving and information-crammed business climate, competitiveness is usually about far more than just response or reaction; there is also the importance of attaching proactively to actual insights from the marketplace.
—Narendra Babu Vattem, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In the 2020 election, election workers in Michigan's biggest cities could spend 10 hours the day before the election opening the absentee ballot return envelopes and check that the number on the stub attached to the ballot matched the number on the absentee ballot envelope.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Social psychology experiments show that people often cope with the specter of death by attaching themselves to cultural ideologies, such as religious, political, or even sports fandom.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
In today's fast-moving and information-crammed business climate, competitiveness is usually about far more than just response or reaction; there is also the importance of attaching proactively to actual insights from the marketplace.
—Narendra Babu Vattem, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In the 2020 election, election workers in Michigan's biggest cities could spend 10 hours the day before the election opening the absentee ballot return envelopes and check that the number on the stub attached to the ballot matched the number on the absentee ballot envelope.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Attach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attach. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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attach
verb
at·tach
ə-ˈtach 
1
: to take money or property by legal authority especially to gain or force payment of a debt
attach a person's salary
2
: to fasten or join one thing to another
attach a light to a bicycle
attach a file to an email
3
: to tie or bind by feelings of affection
the children were attached to their dog
4
: to assign (an individual or unit in the military) temporarily
attach an officer to a headquarters
5
: to think of as belonging to something
attach no importance to a remark
Legal Definition
attach
verb
at·tach
1
: to obtain a court order against (property of another person) that directs an officer of the court (as a sheriff) to seize or take control of the property compare garnish, levy
Note: A plaintiff may attach a defendant's property as a way of obtaining jurisdiction for the purpose of bringing a lawsuit or to prevent the defendant from getting rid of property that may be needed to pay a judgment to the plaintiff.
2
: to join or make a part of
affidavits attached to the suit—Rosalind Resnick
Rosalind Resnick3
: to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise one's rights in the property against third parties see also security interest at interest sense 1 compare perfect
: to become effective: as
a
: to come into existence as a security interest
from the date the interest attaches
b
: to become operative especially as a right
the right to counsel attaches only at or after the initiation of adversary judicial proceedings—United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984)
see also jeopardy
United States v. Gouveia, 467 U.S. 180 (1984)
attachable
adjective
attachment
noun
Etymology
Anglo-French attacher to lodge (an action in court), seize (a person or property) by legal authority, from Old French atachier to fasten, fix, alteration of estachier, from estache stake
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