What does Attachment mean?

Definitions for Attachment
əˈtætʃ məntat·tach·ment

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Attachment.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. attachment, fond regardnoun

    a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

  2. attachmentnoun

    a supplementary part or accessory

  3. attachmentnoun

    a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

  4. attachment, bondnoun

    a connection that fastens things together

  5. attachment, adherence, adhesionnoun

    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"

  6. attachment, affixationnoun

    the act of attaching or affixing something

  7. fastening, attachmentnoun

    the act of fastening things together

Wiktionary

  1. attachmentnoun

    A strong bonding towards or with.

    I have such an attachment towards my fiancu00E9!

  2. attachmentnoun

    A dependence, especially a strong one.

  3. attachmentnoun

    A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.

  4. attachmentnoun

    The process or means by which something is physically attached.

  5. attachmentnoun

    A file sent along with an email.

  6. attachmentnoun

    Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

    attachment of earnings

  7. Etymology: attachement,

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Attachmentnoun

    Etymology: attachment, Fr.

    The Jews are remarkable for an attachment to their own country. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 5.

    The Romans burnt this last fleet, which is another mark of their small attachment to the sea. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

ChatGPT

  1. attachment

    Attachment is a deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another across time and space. It often refers to the relationship between infants and their primary caregivers, influencing the child's social, emotional, and cognitive development. However, attachment can also apply to the bonds formed between adults in romantic relationships, friendships, and family connections. In computing, it refers to a file sent with an electronic message, such as an email. In legal terms, attachment refers to the act of seizing property in adherence with a court order.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Attachmentnoun

    the act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party

  2. Attachmentnoun

    that by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle

  3. Attachmentnoun

    something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.)

  4. Attachmentnoun

    a seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process

  5. Attachmentnoun

    the writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. attachment

    See attach.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Attachment in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Attachment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Attachment in a Sentence

  1. French President Francois Hollande:

    There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

  2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

    If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

  3. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

    I like a cat because it does not disguise its selfishness with any flattering hypocrisies. Its attachment is not to yourself, but to your house. Let it but have food, and a warm lair among the embers, and it heeds not at whose expense. Then it has the spirit to resent aggression. You shall beat your dog, and he will fawn upon you; but a cat never forgives : it has no tender mercies, and it torments before it destroys its prey.

  4. Kristin Daley:

    Sleep is an area of health and medicine that's strongly politicized, you have the attachment parenting people and the rigorous sleep training crowd, and so starting from infancy there is a marker of' how I'm doing as a parent can be seen in how regulated my kid is.'.

  5. Michelle Cho:

    The more time fans spend thinking about all of the different elements that go into the group that they're interested in, the stronger that attachment will be, i think it's a really potent mix, you're not just a casual fan of BTS, you have to be initiated into their world and then you get sucked in.

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