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attachment

[uh-tach-muhnt]

noun

an act of attaching or the state of being attached.

a feeling that binds one to a person, thing, cause, ideal, or the like; devotion; regard: a fond attachment to his cousin; a profound attachment to the cause of peace.

something that attaches; a fastening or tie: the attachments of a harness; the attachments of a pair of skis.

an additional or supplementary device: attachments for an electric drill.

Law. seizure of property or person by legal authority, especially seizure of a defendant's property to prevent its dissipation before trial or to acquire jurisdiction over it.

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something attached, as a document added to a letter.

a computer file sent with an e-mail.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English attachement seizure < Anglo-French. See attach, -ment

Related forms

non·at·tach·ment, noun

o·ver·at·tach·ment, noun

pre·at·tach·ment, noun

re·at·tach·ment, noun

self-at·tach·ment, noun

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su·per·at·tach·ment, noun

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Synonyms
2. love, devotedness. 3. junction, connection. 4. See addition.

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Example Sentences

The aeroplane parachute has arrived, and the new life-saving attachment is attracting considerable attention in aviation circles.

The main advantage of a shared tenure-track position for them would be equal professional attachment in a place they like.

But it is unclear that they have any direct attachment to it.

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The aeroplane parachute has arrived, and the new life-saving attachment is attracting considerable attention in aviation circles.

The main advantage of a shared tenure-track position for them would be equal professional attachment in a place they like.

But it is unclear that they have any direct attachment to it.

The vast majority of residents, new and old, feel a strong attachment to the landscape and the character of their town.

Attachment therapy is based on a pseudoscientific theory that, when put into practice, can be deadly.

The spiritual connection to the land and an attachment to landscape and nature is also important.

They do not climb by twining or attachment but must be trained through or tied to their support.

The employee sent a second e-mail to the recipient instructing the person to delete the e-mail and attachment without opening.

There is more to a well-worn putter than the personal attachment to a golf club with years of winning matches under its heel.

Chiming in that this deal is about money not emotional attachment.

They are mainstream politicians, motivated in part by a strong attachment to parliamentary democracy.

Winter began snapping pictures, flash attachment firing apace.

Heller, was how much my attachment style affects all my.

The woman must also ensure that he is schooled in which attachment to use for each task.

Use a wire whisk attachment to introduce air into the whites evenly, creating tiny, strong bubbles.

These are naturally dear to a people that continues in morals for other folks its long attachment to patent medicines.

Two researchers use attachment theory and their personal experience to explore adviser-advisee relationships.

General paranoia and an illogical attachment to shiny metals keeps their prices permanently elevated above any sense of utility.

My nostalgic emotional attachment made this a powerful and persistent model.

The couple's unconscious minds have been primed by attachment to incorporate the other person.

One of the hottest digital pet items is a collar attachment that allows you to track your animal in real time.

Or use a bubbler attachment on the hose, moving it as needed.

We geeks seem to have a peculiar attachment to quantifying things.

However strong may be our attachment to the latter, all.

Peter, a zoologist, lectured about mother-infant attachment.

The music they made together managed to sing at once of a sense of loss and of a deep attachment.

Humankind's feverish attachment to gold shouldn't have survived the modern world.

The research about bonding, attachment and touch is useful to show how kids feel.

If possible, his wife felt an even stronger attachment to the property.

It comes with a vacuum attachment and bag, and its impeller has serrated teeth for serious mulching.

These units have a reservoir that adds detergent to the water and sprays the mixture through the brush attachment.

Today's citizens of the world often seem rather eager to show their lack of attachment to anything so provincial as their.

There is little emotional attachment to the object bought.

Secure any basic nozzle attachment onto the hose of an energy-efficient vacuum cleaner.

Common sense, pragmatism and rationalization take precedence over the trends, emotions an attachment.

Once the attachment is launched, the virus sends copies of the same email to everybody listed in the user's address book.

Here the nature of the attachment is merely sympathetic and sweet.

Attachment is not a critic: a child adores his mother's face, and he runs to her whether she is pretty or plain.

What about the attachment people have with there old towns and suburbs.

Versatile compression strap system serves as attachment for skis, ice axes or poles.

Men don't have that emotional attachment that women do.

Also, the single-point attachment keeps the strap out of your way when shooting.

If the attachment contains one of these macro viruses, opening the file can cause the infection.

Both shells are strong, allow for protection, attachment of muscles and resist dissolution in water.

Trimmer attachment failed on each of two test units.

Contemporary attachment theory offers such a paradigm.

Defending a faith has an emotional need, but being skeptical has no personal attachment.

The attachment required unsolicited commercial email be identified as such in the body text of a message.

Grate onions and artichokes in food processor with shredder attachment or by hand on box grater.

The current wing shaking idea would present vast fuselage attachment problems.

Third-party wand attachment helped carve pretty pictures into the foam.

Melville's novel points out, there is a natural antagonism between sympathy's attachment and art's free play.

How elephants are opening doors: developmental neuroethology, attachment and social context.

And he didn't read the attachment ordering him to preserve any evidence related to the case.

His urges are those of a robust, footloose sailor-man, but within him are definite wishes for attachment and serenity.

When the attachment of cholesterol to hedgehog is prevented in mice, it messes up finger and toe formation.

Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet.

The story of this attachment is poetic, idyllic, tragic.

Being betrayed by someone or something that they currently hold a deep attachment to can be emotionally devastating.

Another way is email: send a file to yourself and tap on the attachment in mail.

Warner makes a good point that eating habits are hard to change because of our emotional attachment to food.

My favorite attachment is the bipod/foregrip, which you can see in the photo with the bipod telescoped inside the handle.

The earliest experiences of bonding and attachment are central.

The easiest way to shred your cabbage is with a food processor's grating attachment.

The human mind is an attachment machine, forming emotional bonds with stuffed.

Love is any of various emotions that relate to feelings of strong attachment to another.

The complete player tasking is contained in the attachment.

Tell your kid the long wand attachment is a light saber and he'll keep his room clean.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

attachment (əˈtætʃmənt)

—n
1.	a means of securing; a fastening
2.	(often foll by to) affection or regard (for); devotion (to): attachment to a person or to a cause
3.	an object to be attached, esp a supplementary part: an attachment for an electric drill
4.	the act of attaching or the state of being attached
5.	a. the arrest of a person for disobedience to a court order
	b. the lawful seizure of property and placing of it under control of a court
	c. a writ authorizing such arrest or seizure
6.	law the binding of a debt in the hands of a garnishee until its disposition has been decided by the court

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Word Origin & History

attachment

mid-15c., "arrest of a person on judicial warrant," from Fr. attachement, from attacher (see attach). Application to property (including, later, wages) dates from 1590s; meaning "sympathy, devotion" is recorded from 1704; that of "something that is attached to something else"

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dates from 1797 and has become perhaps the most common use since the rise of e-mail.

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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

attachment

in U.S. law, a writ issuing from a court of law to seize the person or property of a defendant. In several of the older states in the United States, attachments against property are issued at the commencement of suits in order to secure any judgment that may be entered for the plaintiff. In other states, attachments before a judgment are issued only against the property of nonresidents or upon specific statutory grounds relating to fraud or the like. In such cases, the plaintiff is commonly required to post an indemnity bond. An attachment may also be issued after a judgment, the term frequently being used to designate a levy upon a bank account, wages, or other intangible assets of the debtor. See also garnishment.

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