attachment

US /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #13467

Meanings

1

noun
A file sent together with an email or message.

I couldn't open the attachment she sent me.
2

noun
A strong feeling of affection or fondness for someone or something.

She has a deep attachment to her childhood home.
3

noun
An extra part that you connect to a tool or machine.

This blender comes with several attachments for chopping and mixing.
4

noun
The act of joining or fixing one thing to another.

The attachment of the shelf to the wall took only a few minutes.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms attachments

Derived forms chemoattachmentcryoattachmentmisattachmentnon-attachmentnonattachmentoverattachmentpostattachmentpreattachmentreattachmentunattachment

Etymology

From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.

attachement French

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Topics

Communication Psychology & Behavior

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# attachment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/
**Frequency rank:** 13467

## Meanings
1. A file sent together with an email or message.
2. A strong feeling of affection or fondness for someone or something.
3. An extra part that you connect to a tool or machine.
4. The act of joining or fixing one thing to another.

## Examples
- I couldn't open the attachment she sent me.
- She has a deep attachment to her childhood home.
- This blender comes with several attachments for chopping and mixing.
- The attachment of the shelf to the wall took only a few minutes.

## Derived Forms
- chemoattachment
- cryoattachment
- misattachment
- non-attachment
- nonattachment
- overattachment
- postattachment
- preattachment
- reattachment
- unattachment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: attachement

## Etymology
From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Attachment is from French attachement. By surface analysis, attach plus -ment. The suffix -ment makes a noun of action, result, or state from attach, matching uses in which the word names an act, process, outcome, or condition. In use as a noun, attachment denotes a file sent together with an email or message, a strong feeling of affection or fondness for someone or something, and an extra part that you connect to a tool or machine. The same word family continues in derived forms such as chemoattachment, cryoattachment, misattachment, and non-attachment.

## Topics
- Communication
- Psychology & Behavior

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