attaching

Verb

attach (third-person singular simple present attaches, present participle attaching, simple past and past participle attached)

1. (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
   • You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.

   Synonyms:

   connect, annex, affix, unite, accouple, assemble, associate, bewed, bind, clasp

   Antonyms:

   detach, unfasten, disengage, separate, decouple, disconnect, rip off, tear off, unconnect, uncouple

2. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
   • The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted.1838, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy

   Synonyms:

   cling, stick, adhere, bond, cleave, cohere, conglutinate, glue, hug, stick together

3. To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
   • I've attached the contract to this email.
4. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
   • Dower will attach.
5. 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.
   • attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery
6. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
   • to attach great importance to a particular circumstance

   Synonyms:

   chalk up to, draw, impute, accredit, ascribe, attribute, charge, lay, put down to, repose

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