ATTACHING Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

attaching

verb

present participle of attach

as in affixing

to cause (something) to hold to another you can attach the buttons to the puppet with fabric glue

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as in appointing

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty attached the colonel to the new regiment

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as in confiscating

to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority attached the house for nonpayment of property taxes

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Recent Examples of attaching After selling accessories for attaching Apple’s AirTags to everything from keys to backpacks, Belkin is introducing its own trackers that work with either Apple’s Find My or Google’s Find Hub tracking networks. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026 The change included chopping up Wasserman Schultz’s previous, all-Broward district into five pieces and attaching the pieces to other districts, four of which were mostly outside Broward and three of which leaned Republican. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 After removing the protective packaging materials, installing the build platform and resin vat, and attaching the resin feed system, the printer is essentially ready to go. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Two components illustrate the difference between building a system and attaching a model to a workflow. — Bratin Saha, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Gilbert figured out the tricks of attaching thousands of balloons to a house without damaging the house. — Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026 Colostrum also contains prebiotics and immune-supporting compounds, which help feed beneficial gut bacteria, prevent harmful germs from attaching to the gut wall, and support a more balanced immune response. — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 17 Aug. 2026 Custom fitting guards under roof shingles or attaching them securely to fascia boards (when applicable). — Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Lawmakers can push the United States toward a drawdown by limiting the amount of funding the Pentagon receives to replenish munitions and refurbish bases, and by attaching conditions to those funds. — Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026

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Benya and other pyrotechnicians were wiring up hundreds of racks of comets—which resembled opaque, oversized test tubes—affixing them to plywood slabs and placing them on the duvetyn.

— Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
The math world just got a new genius—a prodigy who announced himself by affixing his name to his signature feat of numerical prowess.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

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The schism led to Faye firing Sonko and dissolving his government before appointing new ministers.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who shook up her top team on Monday by appointing new economy and foreign affairs spokespeople, finally gets a chance to grill Burnham on Tuesday when Parliament returns from its summer break.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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Lebanese soldiers deployed there are tasked with preventing armed non-state actors, like Hezbollah, from coming in; confiscating any weapons and remnants of war; and restoring state authority.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
The Cuban government has a long history of seizing private property from foreign investors and confiscating private businesses, back to the early days of the revolution, when Fidel Castro confiscated all private businesses.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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Voters also will be nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
And in the event that Chris Hansen is indeed the role that finally lands the actor a nomination, in a very literal sense, the Academy will also be nominating him for The Odyssey.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of nominating

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The important thing is defining the criteria before assigning a score.

— James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Users reported problems with Outlook, while OpenAI said users may experience problems starting or continuing tasks in ChatGPT Work, temporarily disabling two of the modern office's favorite methods of assigning more work.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of assigning

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The states argue that Meta withheld relevant information from users and parents, who might have benefited from knowing the ineffectiveness of the feature and others like it, constituting a violation of consumer protection laws.

— John Ruwitch, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
The Hall of Fame inducts its four newest members, constituting the Class of 2024, at its annual ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

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The film’s opening scene has her wading naked in Hampstead Ponds at night, looking up at the blinking stars and naming the constellations to herself, then closing her eyes as if to let the galaxies above wash over her.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
That year a team managed to factor RSA-250, which, in a similar naming convention to the other RSA numbers has 250 base-10 digits.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026