Attachment

//əˈtæt͡ʃmənt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching. countable, uncountable

    "The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs."

  2. 2
    the act of fastening things together wordnet
  3. 3
    A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something. countable, uncountable

    "I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!"

  4. 4
    the act of attaching or affixing something wordnet
  5. 5
    A dependence, especially a strong one. countable, uncountable

    "Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol."

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  1. 6
    faithful support for a cause or political party or religion wordnet
  2. 7
    A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool. countable, uncountable

    "Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]"

  3. 8
    a supplementary part or accessory wordnet
  4. 9
    The means by which something is physically attached. countable, uncountable

    "[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta."

  5. 10
    a connection that fastens things together wordnet
  6. 11
    A file sent along with a message, usually an email. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding wordnet
  8. 13
    Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt. countable, uncountable

    "attachment of earnings"

  9. 14
    a feeling of affection for a person or an institution wordnet
  10. 15
    The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash. countable, uncountable

    "2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1"

Etymology

From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.

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