Past tense of attach
regular verb
The past tense of attach is attached. The past participle is also attached.
Forms of attach
| Base form (V1) | attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | attached /əˈtæt͡ʃt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | attached /əˈtæt͡ʃt/ |
| Present participle | attaching /əˈtæt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | attaches /əˈtæt͡ʃɪz/ |
Attached in a sentence
- An officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
- The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist
- The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.From the entry fluke
- The scientist attached a pinger to the carapace of the sea turtle to track its migration.From the entry pinger
- For a friend I’ll help out for free, no strings attached.From the entry no strings attached
Meaning of attach
- verb To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- verb To adhere; to be attached.
- verb To include an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).
Questions about the past tense of attach
- What is the past tense of attach?
- The past tense of attach is attached.
- What is the past participle of attach?
- The past participle of attach is attached.
- Is attach a regular or irregular verb?
- Attach is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attach (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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