Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to attach
Participle: attached
Gerund: attaching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | attach |
| you | attach |
| he;she;it | attaches |
| we | attach |
| you | attach |
| they | attach |
Perfect
| I | have attached |
| you | have attached |
| he;she;it | has attached |
| we | have attached |
| you | have attached |
| they | have attached |
Past
| I | attached |
| you | attached |
| he;she;it | attached |
| we | attached |
| you | attached |
| they | attached |
Pluperfect
| I | had attached |
| you | had attached |
| he;she;it | had attached |
| we | had attached |
| you | had attached |
| they | had attached |
Future
| I | will attach |
| you | will attach |
| he;she;it | will attach |
| we | will attach |
| you | will attach |
| they | will attach |
Future Perfect
| I | will have attached |
| you | will have attached |
| he;she;it | will have attached |
| we | will have attached |
| you | will have attached |
| they | will have attached |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | attach |
| you | attach |
| he;she;it | attach |
| we | attach |
| you | attach |
| they | attach |
Perfect
| I | have attached |
| you | have attached |
| he;she;it | have attached |
| we | have attached |
| you | have attached |
| they | have attached |
Imperfect
| I | attached |
| you | attached |
| he;she;it | attached |
| we | attached |
| you | attached |
| they | attached |
Pluperfect
| I | had attached |
| you | had attached |
| he;she;it | had attached |
| we | had attached |
| you | had attached |
| they | had attached |
Conditional
Present
| I | would attach |
| you | would attach |
| he;she;it | would attach |
| we | would attach |
| you | would attach |
| they | would attach |
Perfect
| I | would have attached |
| you | would have attached |
| he;she;it | would have attached |
| we | would have attached |
| you | would have attached |
| they | would have attached |
Imperative
| you | attach |
| we | Let's attach |
| you | attach |
Verbs conjugated like 'attach'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'attach'
attack,
areach,
attain,
attame,
attask,
attract,
deattach,
detach,
reattach,
teach,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to combine more than one item into one
- accouple, affix, associate, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, put together, splice, unite, wed, yoke
- to become or remain attached
- adhere, cleave, cling, conglutinate, stick, stick together, stick with
- affix
- fasten, bind, connect, hitch, join, append
- affiliate
- associate, adhere, belong, accompany, combine
- attribute
- charge, assign, impute, ascribe, pertain, associate
- attract
- endear, captivate, charm, enamor, engage
- assign
- appoint, detail, name
- preempt
- garnishee, entail
Antonyms
- attribute
- dissociate, disconnect, dissever, divorce
- attract
- repel, repulse, estrange, deter
- assign
- withhold, retain, withdraw, refuse
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1330, "to take or seize (property or goods) by law," a legal term, from O.Fr.
estachier "to attach" (Fr.
attacher, It.
attaccare), perhaps from
a- "to" + Frank.
*stakon "a post, stake" or a similar Gmc. word (see stake (n.)). Meaning "to fasten, affix, connect" is first attested 1802, from French.
Attachment "affection, devotion" is from 1704.
2. From Middle English attachen, from Old French atachier, variant of estachier (“bind”), derived from estache (“stick”), from Frankish *stakkā, *stakō (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, bar, stick, stake”). Doublet of attack. More at stake, stack.
3. Displaced native Old English þīedan. See: Old French '
atachier'.
Verbs referencing "attach"
Ido atachar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] air of the man. His hands, large and coarse, were plentifully bedecked with rings; and he wore a heavy gold watch-chain, with a bundle of seals of portentous size, and a great variety of colors, attached to it,—which, in the ardor of conversation, he was in the habit of flourishing and jingling with evident satisfaction. His conversation was in free and easy defiance of Murray's Grammar,[1 ] and was [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of my wife and a little Scotch lady—who, by the way, had previously sent a message to the captain by the stewardess, requesting him, with her compliments, to have a steel conductor immediately attached to the top of every mast, and to the chimney, in order that the ship might not be struck by lightning. They and the handmaid before mentioned, being in such ecstasies of fear that I scarcely knew [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] upon, and do honour to, any society in the civilised world. Many of the resident gentry in Boston and its neighbourhood, and I think I am not mistaken in adding, a large majority of those who are attached to the liberal professions there, have been educated at this same school. Whatever the defects of American universities may be, they disseminate no prejudices; rear no bigots; dig up the buried [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] that his benches are usually well filled, and that his theatre rings with merriment every night. I had almost forgotten a small summer theatre, called Niblo 's, with gardens and open air amusements attached; but I believe it is not exempt from the general depression under which Theatrical Property, or what is humorously called by that name, unfortunately labours.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] radiate. On either side of each, is a long, long row of low cell doors, with a certain number over every one. Above, a gallery of cells like those below, except that they have no narrow yard attached (as those in the ground tier have ), and are somewhat smaller. The possession of two of these, is supposed to compensate for the absence of so much air and exercise as can be had in the dull strip [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] (as those in the ground tier have ), and are somewhat smaller. The possession of two of these, is supposed to compensate for the absence of so much air and exercise as can be had in the dull strip attached to each of the others, in an hour 's time every day; and therefore every prisoner in this upper story has two cells, adjoining and communicating with, each other.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] more soakingly than ever, had admitted of a window being opened, or if our number had been something less than thirty; but there was scarcely time to think as much, when a train of three horses was attached to the tow-rope, the boy upon the leader smacked his whip, the rudder creaked and groaned complainingly, and we had begun our journey.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] religion, introduced here by the early French settlers, prevails extensively. Among the public institutions are a Jesuit college; a convent for ‘the Ladies of the Sacred Heart; ’ and a large chapel attached to the college, which was in course of erection at the time of my visit, and was intended to be consecrated on the second of December in the next year. The architect of this building, is one of the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of it, if I could; most willingly. But it is not so bad, as you in England take it to be. You are deceived by the representations of the emancipationists. The greater part of my slaves are much attached to me. You will say that I do not allow them to be severely treated; but I will put it to you whether you believe that it can be a general practice to treat them inhumanly, when it would impair [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] which St. Clare had vainly tried to persuade Dinah to exchange for the convenience of a modern cook-stove. Not she. No Puseyite,[1 ] or conservative of any school, was ever more inflexibly attached to time-honored inconveniences than Dinah.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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And those are going to replace them ? The only memory attached to those will be her death.
(The Wedding Party)