attached

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /əˈtæt͡ʃt/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætʃt
• Hyphenation: at‧tached

Verb

attached

1. simple past and past participle of attach

Adjective

attached (comparative more attached, superlative most attached)

1. Connected; joined.
2. Fond of (used with to).

   I'm very attached to my pets.

3. Included as an attachment with a communication (especially an email or other electronic communication).

   Please see the attached file in my previous email.

4. In a romantic or sexual relationship.

   As far as I know, he isn't attached, so I'm going to invite him out on a date.

   I'm not ready to get attached, as I want to continue sleeping around.

5. (botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.

   In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe ranges from attached to almost decurrent.

6. Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.

Coordinate terms

• (sharing two walls): detached, semiattached

Derived terms

• attachedly
• attachedness
• misattached
• nonattached
• no strings attached, no-strings-attached
• overattached
• please find attached
• preattached
• superattached
• unattached

Translations

connected, joined — see also connected

• Esperanto: alfiksata
• French: joint (fr) m, connecté (fr) m
• Portuguese: conectado (pt)
• Spanish: unido (es), adjunto (es), adosado (es)

In a romantic or sexual relationship

• Finnish: kiintynyt (fi)
• French: pris (fr) m
• Portuguese: apegado (pt)
• Spanish: emparejado (es)

broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent

• Finnish: kiintynyt (fi)
• French: attaché (fr)
• Galician: unido
• Japanese: 所属の (shozoku no); 付属 (ja) (fuzoku)

fond of

• French: attaché (fr)
• Portuguese: apegado (pt) m
• Spanish: apegado (es), encariñado (es), familiero (es) (to their family)
• Swedish: fäst (sv)

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