attached

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈtæt͡ʃt/

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• Hyphenation: at‧tached

Verb

Plain form attach

Third-person singular attaches

Past tense attached

Past participle attached

Present participle attaching

This camera is attached to a belt loop on her jeans

1. The past tense and past participle of attach.

Adjective

Positive attached

Comparative more attached

Superlative most attached

1. If you are attached to something or someone, you like it and do not want to lose it; you have an emotional connection to it.

   Many young adults are still as attached to their parents as they were when they were small.

   Marjorie was surprised at how attached Bill became to Lizzie, as if Lizzie were his daughter.

   Farmers tend to be very attached to their land.