/əˈtætʃmənt/► audioScrabble 17Words With Friends 19
Definition
noun a feeling of affection for a person or an institution.
— synonyms: fond_regard
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.
— synonyms: bond
noun faithful support for a cause or political party or religion.
— synonyms: adherence, adhesion
noun the act of attaching or affixing something.
— synonyms: affixation
noun the act of fastening things together.
— synonyms: fastening
Examples
“I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!”
“attachment of earnings”
“2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1”