attached

[ uh-tacht ]
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adjective
  1. joined; connected; bound.

  2. having a wall in common with another building (opposed to detached): an attached house.

  1. Zoology. permanently fixed to the substratum; sessile.

Origin of attached

1
First recorded in 1545–55; attach + -ed2

Other words from attached

  • non·at·tached, adjective
  • o·ver·at·tached, adjective
  • well-at·tached, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for attached

attached

/ (əˈtætʃt) /


adjective
  1. (foll by to) fond (of); full of regard (for): he was very attached to the old lady

  2. married, engaged, or associated in an exclusive sexual relationship: it's no good dancing with her, she's already attached

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