Attached to means fond of someone or something, emotionally close: She's very attached to her grandmother. The second meaning is fixed or added to something: the form attached to this email. In work emails, attached often appears without to: Please find my CV attached.
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be/get/become attached to + person/thing; attached to + document/email; please find + noun + attached; the attached file
- After ten years in this flat, I'm really attached to the place.
- Kids often get attached to a soft toy and take it everywhere.
- The schedule attached to this email shows the new meeting times.
What changed
First versionPlease find my CV in attachment.
RevisionPlease find my CV attached.
In attachment can look like a natural way to say a file is included, but emails aren't written like that. Put attached after the thing you've included: Please find my CV attached. Or keep it simpler: I've attached my CV.
Attached to is a warm bond: a thing or person matters to you. Addicted to is a dependence that's hard to break: addicted to social media. I'm attached to my phone means the phone is dear to you, while I'm addicted to my phone means you can't put it down.
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We've had this old sofa for twenty years, and my dad is too ___ to it to throw it away.
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attached — Dad won't throw out the old sofa because it means a lot to him, and that's attachment: attached. Addicted means a dependence, like on sweets or a phone, and doesn't fit an old sofa.
Describe something you find hard to part with. Say what it is and why it matters to you.
I'm still attached to my first bike because my grandfather gave it to me when I was seven.
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