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attached

/əˈtæt͡ʃt/

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What does attached mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of attach

adjective

  1. Connected; joined.
  2. Fond of (used with to).
More meanings (4)

adjective

  1. Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
  2. In a romantic or sexual relationship.
  3. Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
  4. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈtæt͡ʃt/

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It is natural to suppose that they are hitherto more attached to their own, and that each would struggle for the preference.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
He was intensely eager to belong somewhere and to be attached to almost any enterprise that would furnish him food and clothing.
Gene Stratton-PorterFrecklesProject Gutenberg ebook #111
More book examples (3)
At this moment one of the heath-croppers feeding in the outer shadows was audibly shaking off the clog attached to its foot.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
Who could have bound the lamb to the wolf, and, what was still more incomprehensible, have attached the wolf to the lamb?
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
They who had had no solidity or anchorage before seemed to be attached to it somehow, and at once grown more substantial.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144