detached

Language: en

🇬🇧 /dɪˈtætʃt/ 🇺🇸 /dɪˈtætʃt/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Separate or disconnected from something; not attached.; Aloof, impartial, or emotionally uninvolved; not influenced by personal feelings.; Referring to a house that stands alone and is not joined to another building on either side.; Sent or dispatched on a separate mission or duty; detached from a main body.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'detach': to disconnect or separate something from something else.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: detaches Past: detached Past part.: detached Pres part.: detaching

Collocations

detach fromdetached housedetached retinaemotionally detacheddetach oneself from

Derivatives

detachmentdetachabledetached

Synonyms

separatedisconnectdisengageremoveisolate

Antonyms

attachconnectjoinfasten

Commonly confused

unattached
EN: 'Unattached' means not connected or committed (often socially/romantically); 'detached' implies a deliberate separation or emotional aloofness.
detached
EN: As an adjective, 'detached' means impartial or aloof (e.g., 'a detached observer'); as a verb form, it means physically separated from something.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the 'ch' ending: 'detach' not 'detatch'. The adjective 'detached' retains the 'e' before the '-d' suffix.

💬 Examples

  1. A detached retina requires immediate medical attention.

  2. She maintained a detached and professional demeanor throughout the trial.

  3. They bought a detached house with a large garden in the suburbs.

  4. A detached squadron was sent to patrol the southern coast.

  5. He detached the trailer from the truck before parking.