attaching
Fixing one onto
Attaching is the act of joining, connecting, or fastening one thing to another.
You attach a file to an email, a trailer to a car, or a photo to a bulletin board.
In legal and financial contexts, attaching can mean seizing property or assets by court order.
The word also covers emotional bonds: She found herself attaching too quickly to people who weren't good for her.
When conditions or strings are attached to an offer, they come along with it as requirements.
Making firmly fixed
- affixingSecuring to something
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- anchoringFastening securely to position
- pinningFastening with pointed fasteners
clipping · stapling · taping · gluing · velcro · clasping · buckling · latching
Forming a connection
- joiningLinking into one
- couplingJoint between systems
- bridgingConnecting separated things
- tetheringFastening with a line
splicing · integrating · interfacing · concatenating · docking · plugging · wiring · networking
Forming close connections
- clingingGripping without release
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
affection · connection · closeness · commitment · dependency · sentiment · kinship · rapport
Assigning origin or cause
- associatingMentally linking concepts
- ascribingAssigning cause or origin
- linkingForming a connection
- imputingAttributing to a source
crediting · appending · adding · including · incorporating · tagging · labeling · designating
securing
Making firmly fixed
- affixingSecuring to something
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- anchoringFastening securely to position
pinning · clipping · stapling · taping · gluing · velcro · clasping · buckling · latching · hooking
linking
Forming a connection
tethering · splicing · integrating · interfacing · concatenating · docking · plugging · wiring · networking · pairing
bonding
Forming close connections
fondness · affection · connection · closeness · commitment · dependency · sentiment · kinship · rapport · empathy
attributing
Assigning origin or cause
- associatingMentally linking concepts
- ascribingAssigning cause or origin
- linkingForming a connection
imputing · crediting · appending · adding · including · incorporating · tagging · labeling · designating · allocating
- email behaviorreply, forward, delete, archive, spam
- fasteningfastening, tying, clamping, screwing, bolting
- placingplacing, positioning, putting, inserting, setting
- outfittingequipping, fitting out, kitting out, outfitting, gearing up
- sculptingcarving, clay, modeling, molding, plaster
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
attachingdetaching
Unfastening from attachment
disconnecting · separating · unfastening · removing · unhooking
attachingdetaching
Unfastening from attachment
distancing · withdrawing · disengaging · pulling away · alienating