Noun

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

* 2005 , Rebecca N. Baergen, Manual of Benirschke and Kaufmann's Pathology of the Human Placenta , page 71:

The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.

A strong bonding towards or with.

I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

A dependence, especially a strong one.

* 2003 , Griffith Edwards, Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug , page 63:

Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.

A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.

* 1978 , Walter H. Wager, Time of reckoning , page 194:

Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment ,

The means by which something is physically attached.

* 2012 , Sinikka Elliott, Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers , page 46:

[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.

(computing) A file sent along with an email.

(legal) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

attachment of earnings

(meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.

* 2009 , Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics'', published in the ''Journal of Lightning Research , volume 1

Noun

Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate.

We share a passion for books.

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Fervor, determination.

An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.

It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion .

sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional

We shared a night of passion .

The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.

A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.

(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.

a cardiac passion

* Wyclif Bible (Rom. viii. 18)

the passions of this time

(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; opposed to action .

* John Locke

A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.

(obsolete) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.

* Francis Bacon

mouldable and not mouldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter

(obsolete) An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.

to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle. (rfex)

(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.

(Shakespeare)