attach

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ See IPA manual

Freq #10490

Meanings

1

verb
To fasten or join one thing to another.

You need to attach the rope to the hook.
2

verb
To include a file with an email or other electronic message.

I've attached the contract to this email.
3

verb
To form a close emotional bond with someone.

The child quickly became attached to their new teacher.
4

verb
To stick firmly to a surface.

The spider's thread attached to the window sill.

Verb forms

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Multiword verbs with attach

attach to Prepositional verb B1

to be associated with a person, position, event, or thing

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to fasten or join one thing... affix bind clasp connect fasten join

3 verb · to form a close emotional... bond

4 verb · to stick firmly to a surface. adhere cling stick

Word family

Forms attachesattaching

Derived forms attachabilityattachableattacherattachingnessattachmentdeattachdisattachno-strings-attachedre-attachreattachsemi-attachedunattach

Related forms attachment

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attach to
to be associated with a person, position, event, or thing

Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

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. Displaced native Old English þīedan.

attachen Middle English atachier Old French *stakkā frk *stakô Proto-Germanic

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# attach

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈtæt͡ʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 10490

## Meanings
1. To fasten or join one thing to another.
2. To include a file with an email or other electronic message.
3. To form a close emotional bond with someone.
4. To stick firmly to a surface.

## Examples
- You need to attach the rope to the hook.
- I've attached the contract to this email.
- The child quickly became attached to their new teacher.
- The spider's thread attached to the window sill.

## Derived Forms
- attachability
- attachable
- attacher
- attachingness
- attachment
- deattach
- disattach
- no-strings-attached
- re-attach
- reattach
- semi-attached
- unattach

## Related Forms
- attachment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: attachen
- Root: atachier
- Root: *stakkā
- Root: *stakô

## Etymology
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. Displaced native Old English þīedan.

## AI Etymology
Attach comes 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. Compare stake, stack. Displaced native Old English þīedan.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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