Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: attachment
IPA transcription: [ət'ætʃmənt]
Pronunciations of attachment
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: attachment, fond_regard
    Meaning: a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
  • Synonyms: attachment
    Meaning: a supplementary part or accessory
Usage examples
  • 'She has formed no other attachment?'
  • Her attachment had something in it of idolatry.
  • The necessity of backing personal attachment with ideal interests is what makes true friendship so rare.
  • Her professions of attachment were now as disgusting as her excuses were empty, and her demands impudent.
  • A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
  • Instances are frequent, I am happy to tell Cat-haters, of illustrious persons who have been attached to the feline race, and of Cats who have merited such attachment.
  • The philosophical life was a spider's web--filmy threads of theory spun out of the inner consciousness--it touched the world only at certain chosen points of attachment.
  • She remained there, as a member of the household, for thirty years; and from the length of her faithful service, and the attachment and respect which she inspired, is deserving of mention.
  • The Gauchos whom I asked, though asserting this to be the case, were unable to account for it, except from the strong attachment which horses have to any locality to which they are accustomed.
  • As a strong instance of attachment, I can quote the case of a she Cat of my own, which always waited for me in the passage when I returned home of an evening, and mounted upon my shoulder to ride upstairs.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Oriel College, Oxford, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to viruses, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Prince Harry, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Major depressive disorder, License CC BY-SA 4.0