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Attachment

Noun CEFR B2
əˈtæt͡ʃmənt

Definitions

  1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
  2. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
  3. A dependence, especially a strong one.
  4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
  5. The means by which something is physically attached.
  6. A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
  7. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
  8. The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.

Equivalents

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Catalàadjunt
Češtinapříloha
Esperantoaldono
فارسیضمیمه
Gàidhligtlachd
Íslenskaaðfarargerð
ქართულიდანართი
한국어첨부 파일
Latinaadiunctum
Македонскиприлогприпратка
മലയാളംഅടുപ്പം
தமிழ்பற்று
తెలుగుమమకారము
Tiếng Việtphụ trương

Examples

“The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.”
“I have⟳ such an attachment towards my fiancé!”
“Through every other kind of drug experience⟳, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.”
“Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]”
“[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.”
“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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