adjective · neutral
detached
/dɪˈtætʃt/de·TACHED
Band 5-6speakingtask2
Standing alone; not joined to another building (often used for houses).
Examples
“They bought a detached house with a large garden.”
“A detached property usually gives more privacy than a terraced one.”
“We prefer living in a detached house because there is no shared wall.”
Band 8 sentence
“I grew up in a detached house on the edge of town, which meant we had a private garden and no noisy neighbours.”
Collocations
- detached house
- completely detached
- a detached property
Word family
detach verbdetachment noun
Common mistakes
I live in detached house.→I live in a detached house.
a separate house→a detached house
Say it for a higher band
5separate→6standalone→7+detached
Synonyms
standalone
Easily confused
semi-detached
“My parents grew up in a semi-detached house.”
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