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attachment
noun
1 attachment
A feeling of affection for a person or an institution.
synonym: fond regard.
Roget 43:
junction;
joining
etc.
v.;
joinder [Law],
union connection,
conjunction,
conjugation;
annexion†,
annexation,
annexment†;
astriction†,
attachment,
compagination†,
vincture†,
ligation,
alligation†;
accouplement†;
marriage
etc.
(wedlock,)
903;
infibulation†,
inosculation†,
symphysis [Anat.],
anastomosis,
confluence,
communication,
concatenation;
meeting,
reunion;
assemblage
etc.
72.
coition,
copulation;
sex,
sexual congress,
sexual conjunction,
sexual intercourse,
love-making.
joint,
joining,
juncture,
pivot,
hinge,
articulation,
commissure†,
seam,
gore,
gusset,
suture,
stitch;
link
etc.
45;
miter mortise.
closeness,
tightness,
etc.
adj.;
coherence
etc.
46;
combination
etc.
48.
annexationist.
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Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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Dutch: toewijding, gehechtheid, genegenheid
Polish: przywiązanie
2 attachment
A supplementary part or accessory.
Dutch: toebehoren, hulpstuk
3 attachment
A writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding.
Dutch: beslaglegging
4 attachment
A connection that fastens things together.
synonym: bond.
Dutch: metselverband, steenverband
5 attachment
Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion:
— Attachment to a formal agenda.
synonyms: adherence, adhesion.
Dutch: trouw zijn aan, adhesie, steun, toewijding, trouw, aanhankelijkheid
Polish: adhezja
6 attachment
The act of attaching or affixing something.
synonym: affixation.
Dutch: gehechtheid
7 attachment
The act of fastening things together.
synonym: fastening.
Dutch: gehechtheid
Polish: umocowanie
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