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 The hope now is to attempt to pass legislation during the lame duck session at the end of the year, perhaps by attaching it to a major funding bill, Schiff said in a call with reporters Thursday. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026 For easy carrying, the tool features a lanyard hole and a clip for attaching it to a pocket or backpack. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026 How floating solar panels work Instead of attaching panels to racks planted in the ground, engineers mount them on floating platforms. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Unlike the Xteink devices, the Picco will not have magnets on the back for attaching to a phone. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 6 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

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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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Other actions have triggered further suspicions, including that, like CBS News, changes would be afoot for CNN, including appointing Weiss to oversee that network as well.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Puma is reshaping two areas of its senior leadership, appointing Nike veteran Steve Cecchini to lead global sports marketing while chief commercial officer Matthias Baeumer prepares to step down from the company’s management board.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

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Two decades later, the IDF would storm Palestinian community centers, confiscating flags and shutting down celebrations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
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

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Bo Davidson hit a tying sacrifice fly off Evan Phillips (3-2) with two outs in the eighth for San Francisco before Hernandez answered against Trent Harris (0-1) for his fourth home run.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Madonna leads this year’s nominations with 13 categories, tying Lady Gaga’s 2010 record for most nominations in a year.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 27 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

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Real-time patient tracking dashboards can further improve visibility by assigning patients to rooms, beds or recliners, while integrated bed management can streamline availability and cleaning workflows.

— Sameer Bhat, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Hybrid systems combine quantum processors with conventional computers, assigning different parts of a workload to the hardware best suited to perform them.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of assigning

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In the new report to Congress, the figure for munitions was by far the largest, constituting well over half of all costs.

— Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
First-act setups extend through the majority of the 108-minute runtime, constituting a plotless meander without the aesthetic allure to justify such a languid journey.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of constituting

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When Bob Iger released a statement naming me as his successor, the news stunned most people at the company, catching them entirely off guard.

— Bob Chapek, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
The group also reflected its bicultural identity by naming artists from across the musical spectrum who have joined them on stage, including 50 Cent, Bobby Shmurda, YG and Bobby Pulido.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026