attached

[ uh-tacht ]

adjective

1. joined; connected; bound.
2. having a wall in common with another building ( detached ):

   an attached house.

3. Zoology. permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.

attached

/ əˈtætʃt /

adjective

1. foll by to fond (of); full of regard (for)

   he was very attached to the old lady

2. married, engaged, or associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

   it's no good dancing with her, she's already attached

Other Words From

• nonat·tached adjective
• over·at·tached adjective
• well-at·tached adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of attached¹

First recorded in 1545–55; attach + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But as the disclaimer attached to each episode tells us, and the fictionalized versions of Adams played by Finan and, later, Michael Colgan, insist, all allegations that he was ever part of the IRA are false.

From Salon

The carbon fibre was attached to two rings of titanium, creating weak points.

From BBC

"I've tried not to be... emotionally attached to the building. But I think that with concerns about climate change and carbon, we should be going to great lengths to see how we can adapt existing buildings."

From BBC

She was the first senior Sinn Féin figure to do so and the banner that was later attached to the shutters of her office in Cookstown, County Tyrone, featured the word "traitors" alongside bloody handprints and a poppy.

From BBC

"Older baby boomer voters are aging out of the population, and they're being replaced by younger, millennial and Gen Z voters who are not as attached to the Democratic Party. So nobody really knew that they had to make the case to these folks through aggressive targeting."

From Salon

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