What is a word attachment

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an email attachment (=a computer file sent in an email)

▪ Don’t open an email attachment unless you know who sent it.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

deep

▪ But he does not have a deep personal attachment to any of them.

▪ But the mantra serves mainly to remind me of my deep attachment to the nubble.

▪ A gracious Chiyonofuji noted that Takahanada, in his deep attachment to each bout, was totally different from other sumo wrestlers.

emotional

▪ There are still strong emotional attachments to these outposts, which are spread out over the valley.

▪ The emotional attachment for audiences is the relationship between Flynt and Althea, and she is absolutely instrumental at that.

▪ It is a perfect pairing of emotional attachment and learning.

▪ Ostertag has an emotional and historical attachment to this generally uninspiring grape.

▪ In 1984, only 59 percent were looking for an emotional attachment.

▪ Do people search for emotional attachments when they migrate to cities?

▪ In particular, emotional attachments may be given a justification which psychologically does not explain why the individual holds the attachments.

new

▪ It is certainly the time when the bereaved person begins to think about forming new attachments in various ways.

▪ This sudden new attachment that feels as old as my dreams unnerves me.

▪ Not only should an understanding be gained of a history of losses, but also of the potential for new attachments.

▪ Yet already they were ungrateful recalcitrant children, escaping from him in all directions, capable of forming new friendships and attachments.

▪ Even Nannerl was distressed by Wolfgang’s new attachment, and complained that he neglected to write to her and her father.

romantic

▪ It is not just a romantic attachment between two individuals to the exclusion of the world at large.

▪ I know I should not allow one of my dearest friends to discover so late on of my romantic attachment ….

▪ Again, I am not just talking about romantic attachments, but also about simple friendships.

▪ And 46 percent of the under-25s said they didn’t view marriage as their last romantic attachment.

strong

▪ There are still strong emotional attachments to these outposts, which are spread out over the valley.

▪ I had a strong attachment to him.

▪ They are not in one place for long enough to develop strong attachments with their fellow employees.

▪ This strong attachment to a hard-won freedom can neither be denigrated, nor eradicated from consciousness.

▪ A caring relative who has a strong attachment to the old person may find the vulnerability of the loved one nearly intolerable.

▪ Unless there was a strong sentimental attachment to the place.

▪ Even the political system, however strong the attachment to it, tends to be justified in pragmatic terms.

■ VERB

develop

▪ Otherwise, they claimed, the child would fail to develop bonds and attachments with his new carers.

▪ Although they may develop attachments to several people, one person will be preferred.

▪ They are not in one place for long enough to develop strong attachments with their fellow employees.

▪ Others develop attachments so that they can carry eggs.

▪ Hostages are said to develop similarly complex attachments to their captors.

form

▪ Recently he had formed another attachment, one which he valued more.

▪ Doctors say the children have difficulty bonding because they have never formed an attachment to one caregiver.

▪ It is certainly the time when the bereaved person begins to think about forming new attachments in various ways.

▪ The fact that the bereft child formed another attachment becomes an excuse: It wouldn’t be right to break another attachment.

▪ Between campaigns he formed attachments of a more lasting kind.

▪ She never formed any attachment to her grandmother or father.

▪ Yet already they were ungrateful recalcitrant children, escaping from him in all directions, capable of forming new friendships and attachments.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ a romantic attachment

▪ I’m sending the document as an attachment. Please let me know if you have trouble reading it.

▪ This vacuum cleaner comes with a range of attachments.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ But-this is crucial-it remains an attachment.

▪ But in terms of the idea of attachment objects can be very varied.

▪ If these six parasites find an attachment, there will be dismemberment..

▪ On the contrary she seemed rather to welcome Lesley-Jane’s attachment.

▪ The group who were the most uncompromising in their attachment to divine and hereditary right were the Nonjurors.

▪ The service you get is fairly standard, with no apparent limits imposed on storage space or attachment size.

▪ This is not excessive if all attachments are included and a comprehensive review of literature is included.

Attachment At*tach»ment, n. [F. attachment.]

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

   The human mind . . . has exhausted its forces in the
   endeavor to rend the supernatural from its
   attachment to this history.
   —I. Taylor.

3. 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. (Giv. Law)

   1. A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal
      process.

   2. The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

      Note: The term is applied to a seizure or taking either of
      persons or property. In the serving of process in a
      civil suit, it is most generally applied to the taking
      of property, whether at common law, as a species of
      distress, to compel defendant’s appearance, or under
      local statutes, to satisfy the judgment the plaintiff
      may recover in the action. The terms attachment and
      arrest are both applied to the taking or apprehension
      of a defendant to compel an appearance in a civil
      action. Attachments are issued at common law and in
      chancery, against persons for contempt of court. In
      England, attachment is employed in some cases where
      capias is with us, as against a witness who fails to
      appear on summons. In some of the New England States a
      writ of attachment is a species of mesne process upon
      which the property of a defendant may be seized at the
      commencement of a suit and before summons to him, and
      may be held to satisfy the judgment the plaintiff may
      recover. In other States this writ can issue only
      against absconding debtors and those who conceal
      themselves. See Foreign, Garnishment, Trustee
      process.
      —Bouvier.
      —Burrill.
      —Blackstone.

      Syn: Attachment, Affection.

      Usage: The leading idea of affection is that of warmth and
      tenderness; the leading idea of attachment is that of
      being bound to some object by strong and lasting ties.
      There is more of sentiment (and sometimes of romance)
      in affection, and more of principle in preserving
      attachment. We speak of the ardor of the one, and the
      fidelity of the other. There is another distinction in
      the use and application of these words. The term
      attachment is applied to a wider range of objects than
      affection. A man may have a strong attachment to his
      country, to his profession, to his principles, and
      even to favorite places; in respect to none of these
      could we use the word affection.

1. n. a feeling of affection for a person or an institution [syn: fond regard]

2. a supplementary part or accessory

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

4. a connection that fastens things together [syn: bond]

5. faithful support for a religion or cause or political party [syn: adherence, adhesion]

6. the act of attaching or affixing something [syn: affixation]

7. the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening]

Attachment may refer to:

• Attachment theory, the psychological theory which is used by mental health professionals and social workers to describe and investigate the predictable emotional connection between individuals
• «Attachment» as a vice:
  • Upādāna, a cause of suffering (in Buddhism)
  • Moh, a vice in Sikh belief

Law

• Attachment (law), a means of collecting a legal judgment by levying on property in the possession of a third party
  • Attachment of earnings, collecting money owed by a debtor directly from the debtor’s employer
  • Rule B Attachment, provided under the US Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for freezing a defendant’s property in pursuit of a maritime claim

Science

• The process by which any [downward] leader «connects» to any available [upward] streamer in a lightning flash.
• The binding of a virus to its target cell

Technology

• An e-mail attachment
• AT Attachment, a computer disk drive interface standard
• Precision attachment, the functional mechanical parts of a removable partial denture
• Rental attachments, components attached to rental machinery
• Excavator#Excavator_attachments added onto construction equipment to alter its function

The Arts

• Attachments (TV series), a BBC comedy-drama that ran from 2000 to 2002 about an Internet startup company
• Attachments, a 2011 novel by Rainbow Rowell