attach

Other forms of attach

past tense

attached·

present participle

attaching·

third person

attaches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about attach

What does attach mean?

attach means "cause to be attached". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in attach?

attach has 2 syllables: at-tach. The stress falls on "tach". In IPA it is /əˈtætʃ/.

What is another word for attach?

Close synonyms include bind, tie, bond, impound, sequester. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of attach?

The recorded antonyms are detach, detach.

Is attach a common word?

attach is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with attach?

1 word rhymes with attach. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.