attachment
- noun
- /əˈtæʧmənt/
- Texting
- She received a photo as an attachment in the email from her friend.
- an email attachment
- open an email attachment
- e-mail attachment
And then I read attachments, which is a whole other story.
- And then I read attachments, which is a whole other story.
- I can see you everywhere and Oh no, what if you download an attachment from Aunt Leanne who needs your help?
- And your writing samples can be attachments or links to articles that have already been published.
- We can save not only text, we can save photographs, we can save links, attachments, GIFs, videos, almost any kind of media, not just handwriting.
- You take the attachment letter from that actor and you can take that to like investors and say, OK, I can make this movie with this actor.
Examples
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I could also send it as an email attachment to my computer with the click of a button.
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You can send your digital images as email attachments to my email address, which is noted in the last paragraph.
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You should have an attachment with pictures we sent you.
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It's been on email as an attachment all morning.
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The file with the video attachment has been sent.
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If a message with an attachment is received from someone you do not know, do not open the attachment.
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The file with comments can be sent as an email attachment and viewed by anyone using Microsoft Word.
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Finally, experts advise computer users to never open an email attachment from someone they don't know.
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Most business email users won't open attachments because of concerns about viruses and other nasty problems.
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"Law firms are still sharing information the way they always have: exchanging e-mail attachments and fixed documents," Dziak says.
Academic text (2004)
How Attached
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Attachment comes from attach meaning 'to fasten' and -ment, so in email it is a file that is 'fastened' to a message, which is why we call a sent file an attachment.