Used in a Sentence

attachment

How to use attachment in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for attachment.

Editorial note

Try saving an image from the web, an email attachment, or using the Drop Box App.

Examples12
Definitions7
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of attachment gathered in one view.

noun

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

noun

a supplementary part or accessory

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for attachment.

noun

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

noun

a supplementary part or accessory

noun

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

noun

a connection that fastens things together

noun

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"

noun

the act of attaching or affixing something

noun

the act of fastening things together

Example sentences

1

Try saving an image from the web, an email attachment, or using the Drop Box App.

2

If you don't like the Google attachment, you are entirely free to fork the language and make it your own.

3

Limiting attachments to a fairly small size is just being a good citizen of the email network.

4

I'm going to get downvoted for this, but this video is hilarious when you imagine they're trying out some sort of sex toy attachment.

5

I'm not American: I'm a leftist with a strong attachment to social contracts, civil liberties, and freedom.

6

Then the guy from the pager sector plops his device on the table, and says "Our new pager is 2-way, and we've add the ability to make calls on it, with a earpiece attachment.

7

The thing to remember is that everyone has an emotional attachment to the company, and that makes it a very tricky conversation to have.

8

[1] Disclaimer: I've lived in at least seven different cities in three continents, and harbor no particular emotional attachment to any of them.

9

Add the agenda as an attachment to the google calendar entry for the meeting and people can review/add to the agenda ahead of time, and then look back at it after the meeting for a reminder of what was covered.

10

A lot of people are stuck in a relatively small geographical area their whole lives due to employment, their children's education, various kinds of emotional attachment, and the sheer difficulty of uprooting themselves from a familiar neighborhood.

11

Apparently I'm incapable of developing an emotional attachment to geographical coordinates.

12

One of the manifestations of dissatisfaction with both Leninism/Stalinism's ultra hierarchical style on the one hand, and the emergence of "union bosses" in the trade-union movement on the other, was a strong ideological attachment to radically non-hierarchical organization among groups like anarchists, council communists, etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use attachment in a sentence?

Try saving an image from the web, an email attachment, or using the Drop Box App.

What does attachment mean?

a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

What part of speech is attachment?

attachment is commonly used as noun.