Use the verb attach when you need to join things together, like a stamp that you attach to a letter.
To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
Verb
be attached; be in contact with
Verb
become attached; "The spider''s thread attached to the window sill"
Verb
cause to be attached
Verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
Verb
create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
v. t.
To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
v. t.
To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain
regiment, company, or ship.
v. t.
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; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or
flattery.
v. t.
To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a
particular circumstance.
v. t.
To take, seize, or lay hold of.
v. t.
To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and
bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; --
applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely
used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real
estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a
judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4.
v. i.
To adhere; to be attached.
v. i.
To come into legal operation in connection with
anything; to vest; as, dower will attach.
n.
An attachment.
Attach
The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles.
A huge stone to which the cable was attached.2.
Incapable of attaching a sensible man.
God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.4.
Top this treasure a curse is attached.5.
The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason.
Attach
The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.2.
Attach
To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
To adhere; to be attached.
An attachment.
Usage Examples
Credit or debit cards, for starters, are nothing short of shoppers' Novocain. Even in the age of digital purchases and virtual money, we still attach a special value to dirty paper with pictures of presidents on it. Handing some of that to a cashier simply hurts more than handing over a little sliver of plastic.
It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not it's going to even be made and if you sign on, in doing so, who else is going to be in the movie with you.
I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.
There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of death. You see, something happens when the body knows it's about to go. Peptide hormones are released by cells in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins. They attach themselves to the cells responsible for feeling pain.
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Other Usage ExamplesI wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally.
I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.
I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.
Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.
Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself.
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