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# detached

«detached» in Mova's school dictionary: **Separated or taken off from something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (detached); verb (detach, detaches, detached, detaching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Separated or taken off from something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#m1)

2) A detached house stands on its own, not joined to another house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#m2)

3) Not feeling or showing much emotion; not involved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life (UK), houses are described as detached, semi-detached (joined on one side) or terraced (in a row). In science, a detached retina is a serious eye problem. In stories, a detached character seems cold or far away. In maths and school, you detach the tear-off slip.

### examples

- They live in a big detached house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x1)
- Our house is semi-detached. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x2)
- The trailer became detached from the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x3)
- Detach the slip and return it to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x4)
- He seemed detached and didn't join in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x5)
- A detached retina needs urgent treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x6)
- The Alpine roses grew near the snow, which lay in detached stripes, and looked like linen laid out to bleach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/#x7)

### note

In UK estate agent talk, detached is usually more expensive than semi-detached. Opposite: attached.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «detached» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/detached/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.