at‧tach
1 [transitive] to fasten or connect one object to another [= fix]
attach something to something
Attach a recent photograph to your application form.
a small battery attached to a little loudspeaker
2 to like someone or something very much, because you have known them or had them for a long time :
It's easy to become attached to the children you work with.
be attached to somebody/something
3 to believe that something is important :
People attach too much importance to economic forecasts.
attach importance/significance etc to something
4 [intransitive and transitive] if blame attaches or is attached to someone, they are responsible for something bad that happens :
No blame can be attached to Roy for the incident.
5 [intransitive and transitive] if a quality, feeling, idea etc attaches or is attached to a person, thing, or event, it is connected with them
attach to
It's easy to let the emotions attached to one situation spill over into others.
6
be attached to something
a) to work for part of a particular organization, especially for a short period of time :
He was attached to the foreign affairs department of a Japanese newspaper.
b) to be part of a bigger organization :
The Food Ministry is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture.
7 [transitive] to connect a document or file to an email so that you can send them together
8 to join someone and spend a lot of time with them, often without being invited or welcome :
A young man from Canada had attached himself to Sam.
attach yourself to somebody
9 to allow something to happen, but only if someone agrees to do a particular thing or accept a particular idea :
When approving a merger, the commission can attach conditions.
attach a condition (to something)
10 to think of or describe someone or something as being a particular thing, especially in a very general way :
You can't really attach a label to this type of art.
attach a label to somebody/something
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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