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Attach To

Definition: Attach To

Attach To

Verb

1. Be associated with; "French fries come with the hamburger".

2. Be part of; "This problem inheres in the design".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Attach To

Synonyms: accompany (v), come with (v), go with (v), inhere in (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Attach To

English words defined with "attach to": affix, annexbryozoanfamily Loranthaceae, fastenLoranthaceaemistletoe family, moss animal, mountoutriggerpolyzoanrope upsea mat, sea moss, skateboard, stick onTo set to, true rib. (references)
Specialty definitions using "attach to": 25-Hydroxyvitamin D 2Adherens Junctions, air-sparged hydrocycloneCampos ligamentELIZAFocal AdhesionsGREIGE-GOODS MARKERhormone receptor testligament of Campos, LOCKSTITCH-MACHINE OPERATORmarker, hand, Monoclonal AntibodiesNecator americanuspseudomyxoma peritonei, Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathicselective agglomeration, single-needle operatortail fiberwillingness-to-pay approach, willingness-to-pay methodology. (references)
Etymologies containing "attach to": implicitlampreysedum. (references)

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Photo Album: Attach To

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Using this staining technique, fluorescent dye is attached to the known antibodies that correspond to the suspected antigen. These antibodies will in turn attach to the antigen molecules, if present, and fluoresce when viewed with a fluorescent light. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Historic Usage: Attach To

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The Allied and Associated Powers agree, so far as they are concerned, from the coming into force of the present Treaty, not to enroll in nor to attach to their armies or naval or air forces any German national for the purpose of assisting in the military training of such armies or naval or air forces, or otherwise to employ any such German national as military, naval or aeronautic instructor. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Attach To

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These ticks could fall off without biting the animal and subsequently attach to and bite people inside the house. (references)

When these drugs attach to certain opioid receptors, they can block the transmission of pain messages to the brain. (references)

Antibodies are large molecules that attach to invading germs (and other foreign particles) and mark them for destruction. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Product groups with good prospects include educational services (including studies in the U.S. per se) for language and any type of corporate trainings, e-learning and distance learning, PC based educational courses, software (e.g. software permitting several monitors to attach to the same server), computers and peripheral equipment, laboratory instruments and systems for physics, chemistry, biology and medicine, AV equipment, simulators, first aid training devices, physical fitness equipment, games, toys and books. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Attach To

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

attach to the net

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Attach To

Language Translations for "attach to"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

de vertegenwoordigers van de deelnemende Staten hebben de nadruk gelegd op het belang dat zij hechten aan het proces van ontspanning, dat is voortgezet sedert de aanneming van de Slotakte, ondanks moeilijkheden en belemmeringen die zich hebben voorgedan (the representatives of the participating States stressed the importance they attach to détente, which has continued since the adoption of the Final Act in spite of difficulties and obstacles encountered). (various references)

   

French

  

sauf approbation réciproque (no risk to attach to insurers until confirmed), S.A.R. (no risk to attach to insurers until confirmed), les représentants des Etats participants ont souligné l'importance qu'ils attachent la détente, qui s'est poursuivie depuis l'adoption de l'Acte final, malgré les difficultés et les obstacles rencontrés (the representatives of the participating States stressed the importance they attach to détente), conscients de l'importance qu'ils attachent aux problèmes posés par les échanges internationaux de matières premières et de produits de base (mindful of the importance they attach to problems arising from international trade in primary products and raw materials). (various references)

   

German

  

im Bewusstsein der Bedeutung, die sie den Problemen des internationalen Handels mit Rohstoffen und Grundstoffen beimessen (mindful of the importance they attach to problems arising from international trade in primary products and raw materials), die Vertreter der Teilnehmerstaaten unterstrichen die Bedeutung, welche sie der Entspannung beimessen, die seit der Annahme der Schlussakte trotz aufgetretener Schwierigkeiten und Hindernisse fortgesetzt wurde (the representatives of the participating States stressed the importance they attach to détente, which has continued since the adoption of the Final Act in spite of difficulties and obstacles encountered). (various references)

   

Italian

  

i rappresentanti degli Stati partecipanti hanno sottolineato l'importanza da essi attribuita alla distensione che è proseguita dopo l'adozione dell'Atto Finale malgrado le difficolt e gli ostacoli incontrati (the representatives of the participating States stressed the importance they attach to détente, which has continued since the adoption of the Final Act in spite of difficulties and obstacles encountered). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

貼りつける (to affix, to attach to a flat surface with glue, to paste, to stick), 貼り付ける (to affix, to attach to a flat surface with glue, to paste, to stick), 憑く (to attach to, to haunt, to possess), 張りつける (to affix, to attach to a flat surface with glue, to paste, to stick), 張り付ける (to affix, to attach to a flat surface with glue, to paste, to stick). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit), はりつける (to affix, to attach to a flat surface with glue, to paste, to stick). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

attachay otay

   

Russian 

  

присоединять к. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nadovezati (add to). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

corresponder a (accrue to, answer, come up to, fall on, fall to, fall upon, reciprocate, return). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เชื่อว่าเป็นของ, ผูกมั" (bond, obligate), ติ"กับ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Attach To

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

addam, addant, addar, addara, addas, addat, addatur, addens, addent, addentes, addentur, addere, adderetis, adderetur, addes, addet, addetis, addetur, addi, addiderint, addiderunt, addideruntque, addidimus, addidit, addiditque, addit, additae, addite, additi, additis, addo, addunt, adfigat, adfigens, adfigentes, adfiget, adfigi, adfixerat, adfixerunt, adfixi, adfixit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Attach To

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-o-t-t-t"

-2 letters: attach.

-3 letters: chott, cotta.

-4 letters: acta, chao, chat, coat, oath, tach, taco, tact, that.

-5 letters: aah, act, aha, att, cat, cot, hao, hat, hot, oat, oca, tao, tat, tho, tot.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-o-t-t-t"
 

+3 letters: throatlatch.

 

+5 letters: authenticator, catastrophist, nonattachment, throatlatches.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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