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English noun: attachment

1. attachment (feeling) a feeling of affection for a person or an institution


Synonymsfond regard


Broader (hypernym)affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness

2. attachment (artifact) a supplementary part or accessory


Broader (hypernym)add-on, addition, improver


Narrower (hyponym)hood, lens hood

3. attachment (communication) a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding


Broader (hypernym)judicial writ, writ


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law

4. attachment (artifact) a connection that fastens things together


Synonymsbond


Broader (hypernym)connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion


Narrower (hyponym)ligament

5. attachment (act) faithful support for a cause or political party or religion


SamplesAttachment to a formal agenda.
Adherence to a fat-free diet.
The adhesion of Seville was decisive.


Synonymsadherence, adhesion


Broader (hypernym)support


Narrower (hyponym)cabalism, ecclesiasticism, kabbalism, royalism, traditionalism

6. attachment (act) the act of attaching or affixing something


Synonymsaffixation


Broader (hypernym)combination, combining, compounding


Narrower (hyponym)graft, grafting

7. attachment (act) the act of fastening things together


Synonymsfastening


Broader (hypernym)connection, connexion, joining


Narrower (hyponym)bonding, doweling, earthing, fixation, grounding, ligature, linkage, soldering, tying, welding









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