noun · neutral

attachment

/əˈtætʃmənt/at·TACH·ment

Band 6-7task1speaking

a file sent with an email or something that is attached to another thing

Examples

“Please see the attachment for the full report.”

“He included an attachment with additional photographs.”

“The attachment failed to download due to its large size.”

Band 8 sentence

“I have included the dataset as an attachment to the submission so reviewers can reproduce the analysis.”

Collocations

  • email attachment
  • attach a file
  • attachment to the letter

Word family

attach verbattached adjective / past participleattachment noun

Common mistakes

I attached the file in the email→I attached the file to the email

I send you the attachment→I have sent you the attachment / I am sending the attachment

Say it for a higher band

5file→6appendix→7+attachment

Synonyms

enclosure

Easily confused

enclosure

“Please see the enclosure for further details.”

Related words

environmentgovernmentdepartmentdevelopmentemploymentimprovementmanagementdocument

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