attachment

Definition

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

Etymology

From French attachement. By surface analysis, attach + -ment.

Example Sentences

• "The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs."
• "I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!"
• "Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol."