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1. The act of attaching or the condition of being attached.

2. Something, such as a tie, band, or fastener, that attaches one thing to another.

3. A bond, as of affection or loyalty; fond regard.

a. A supplementary part; an accessory: bought a vacuum cleaner with several attachments. See Synonyms at appendage.

b. A supplementary document that is attached to a primary document: stapled two attachments to the memorandum.

5. Law

a. Legal seizure of property or a person.

b. The writ ordering such a seizure.

attachment [əˈtætʃmənt]

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. (Law)

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) Law the binding of a debt in the hands of a garnishee until its disposition has been decided by the court

See: attach.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	attachment - a feeling of affection for a person or an institution fond regard affection, affectionateness, philia, warmness, warmheartedness, fondness, tenderness, heart - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
	2.	attachment - a supplementary part or accessory add-on, addition, improver - a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" lens hood, hood - a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera
	3.	attachment - a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	4.	attachment - a connection that fastens things together bond connecter, connector, connective, connection, connexion - an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers" ligament - any connection or unifying bond
	5.	attachment - faithful support for a cause or political party or religion; "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive" adherence, adhesion support - aiding the cause or policy or interests of; "the president no longer has the support of his own party"; "they developed a scheme of mutual support" ecclesiasticism - excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities; "their ecclesiasticism overwhelmed their religion" cabalism, kabbalism - adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation royalism - adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government traditionalism - adherence to tradition (especially in cultural or religious matters)
	6.	attachment - the act of attaching or affixing something affixation compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole grafting, graft - the act of grafting something onto something else
	7.	attachment - the act of fastening things together fastening joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet" soldering, bonding - fastening firmly together doweling - fastening by dowels earthing, grounding - fastening electrical equipment to earth linkage - the act of linking things together tying, ligature - the act of tying or binding things together welding - fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure fixation - the activity of fastening something firmly in position

attachment

noun

1. fondness, liking, feeling, love, relationship, regard, bond, friendship, attraction, loyalty, affection, devotion, fidelity, affinity, tenderness, reverence, predilection, possessiveness, partiality As a teenager she formed a strong attachment to one of her teachers.
fondness hostility, hatred, loathing, distaste, animosity, aversion, antipathy, disinclination

2. accessory, fitting, extra, addition, component, extension, supplement, fixture, auxiliary, adaptor or adapter, supplementary part, add-on, adjunct, appendage, accoutrement, appurtenance Some models come with attachments for dusting.

3. assignment, charge, commission, transfer, appointment, secondment, detail During her course she worked on attachment at the botanical gardens.

4. fastening, coupling, link, linking, tie, bond, fixing, joint, binding, union, connection, junction, fusion, concatenation, ligature, affixation Measure from the point of attachment of the rope.

5. seizure, taking, grabbing, appropriation, annexation, confiscation, commandeering Attachment of earnings is a common method of debt collection.

Translations

attachment [əˈtætʃmənt] N

1. (= accessory) → accesorio m, dispositivo m

2. (Comput) (= document) → archivo m adjunto

3. (= act of attaching) → unión f

4. (to company, department etc) → adscripción f temporal
to be on attachment (to) → estar adscrito temporalmente(a)

5. (= affection) → cariño m (to por) (= loyalty) → adhesión f

6. (Jur) → incautación f, embargo m

attachment [əˈtætʃmənt] n

(= tool) → accessoire m

(= love) → attachement m, affection f
attachment to → affection f pour, attachement m Ã

(COMPUTING) (to email) → fichier m joint

attachment

(= act of attaching) → Festmachen nt, → Befestigen nt; (of document (to a letter etc)) → An- or Beiheften nt

(= accessory: for tool etc) → Zusatzteil, Zubehörteil nt

(fig: = affection) → Zuneigung f → (to zu)

(Mil etc: = temporary transfer) → Zuordnung f, → Angliederung f; to be on attachment → angegliedert or zugeteilt sein (→ to +dat)

(Comput) → Anlage f, → Anhang m, → Attachment nt

attachment [əˈtætʃmənt] n

a. (device) → accessorio

b. (affection) attachment (to) → attaccamento (per), affetto (per)

attachment → رَبْط náklonnost tilknytning Zuneigung συμπάθεια accesorio kiintymys accessoire privrženost allegato 愛着 애착 bijvoegsel vedlegg przywiązanie afeição привязанность bilaga การผูกติด สิ่งที่แนบมา ek sự gắn bó 附件

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