1 [C,U] a strong feeling of affection for sb/sth:
a child's deep attachment to its parents
2 [C,U] belief in and continued support for an idea or a set of values:
the popular attachment to democratic government
3 [C] an object or a device that you can fix onto a machine, to make it do another job:
an electric drill with a range of different attachments
4 [U,C] the act of joining one thing to another; a thing that joins two things together:
All cars built since 1981 have points for the attachment of safety restraints. * They discussed the attachment of new conditions to the peace plans. * They had to check the strength of the seat attachments to the floor of the plane.
5 [U,C] (BrE) a short time spent working with an organization such as a hospital, school or part of the armed forces:
She's on attachment to the local hospital. * a 4-month training attachment
6 [C] (computing) a document that you send to sb using e-mail
7 [C,U] (law) the act of legally taking sb's property or money when they have not paid money that they owe
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is attachment a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, attachment is tagged as noun.
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