"attach" meaning in English

See attach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attach.wav [UK] Forms: attach [canonical], attaches [third-person, singular], attached [past], attached [past, participle], attaching [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|attach|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you attach x to y, you put x on y so that they will not come apart.
    Sense id: simple-attach-en-verb-l8t8XqjK
  2. If you are attached to an office, department, location, etc. you work for that part of the organisation.
    Sense id: simple-attach-en-verb-aZ4trNai
  3. If a quality such as importance is attached to something, people think the thing has that quality.
    Sense id: simple-attach-en-verb-4YXPoIAI
  4. If something is attached to something else, there is a strong connection between them.
    Sense id: simple-attach-en-verb-cFDsTzNp
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        {
          "text": "Warnings and instruction should be firmly attached to the container."
        },
        {
          "text": "Attach the wire to the speaker with the red clip."
        },
        {
          "text": "Look for spaces where the tire attaches to the rim."
        }
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          "text": "The promise of more money for the school is attached to better results from the students?"
        },
        {
          "text": "There is also something called ground rent, which is attached to these apartments."
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          "text": "Warnings and instruction should be firmly attached to the container."
        },
        {
          "text": "Attach the wire to the speaker with the red clip."
        },
        {
          "text": "Look for spaces where the tire attaches to the rim."
        }
      ],
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        "If you attach x to y, you put x on y so that they will not come apart."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "Transitive verbs"
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "The promise of more money for the school is attached to better results from the students?"
        },
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        }
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