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attached

attached

3.5
Being in a romantic relationship and committed to one person
  • adjective
  • /əˈtæʧt/
translation icon : comprometido
  • I was, I don't want to be attached to a, a person, a relationship, a season, a version of me.

They can do the things that securely attached people do in loving, lasting relationships.

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Examples

  • They can do the things that securely attached people do in loving, lasting relationships.

  • But then you take those, you essentially run the same sorts of studies on romantically attached young adults or older adults.

  • They can do the things that securely attached people do in loving, lasting relationships.

  • After three years of dating, they are happily attached and plan to get married soon.

  • She felt attached to him after they spent so much time getting to know each other.

  • He realized he was attached to her after their long conversations and shared experiences.

Synonyms

devoted
vsattached
80 3.4

Being very loyal and giving a lot of time and care to someone or something

is specific to being in an exclusive romantic relationship rather than general loyalty
committed
vsattached
8 3.5

In a romantic relationship with only one partner and loyal to them

denotes being in an exclusive romantic relationship rather than showing active loyalty

Antonyms

733 1.0

Not married and not in a romantic relationship

11 3.9

Not in a romantic or sexual relationship with someone

1 4.4

Not in a romantic or sexual relationship with only one person

Idioms

strings attached
  • Informal
24 5.6

Come with extra rules you must accept

Compounds

An agreement with no conditions and no need for anything in return

link-attached station
  • Specialized
7.4

A computer terminal connected to a system over a network, not directly

7.5

A device that connects to a main computer over a network so users can access it remotely

How Committed

married
2 1.0
engaged
1.4
attached
3.5

Surface Forms

attached positive

Morphology

attached = attach (transparent) = attach + ed

This sense (being committed/in a relationship) is a conventionalized extension of 'attach' plus '-ed'.

Etymology

The word attached comes from the same verb attach, which also meant 'to bind' or 'to fasten'. So if someone is attached in a romantic sense, they are 'bound' or committed to one person.