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attach file

to add a file to a message in a workspace so that the file is included with the message as an attachment.

In plain English

This means placing a file together with a message inside the workspace. The file is included with that message as something that goes with it, not just referred to in the text.

In context

Here, it labels the action of adding a file so it is included with that comment, task, or message as an attachment in the workspace.

Situation
Creating, saving, sharing, versioning, and restoring files
What it communicates
labels the action for adding a file to a comment, task, or message.

Meaning limits

It refers only to including a file with a message, not to creating, changing, or restoring the file itself.

Examples

“She attached the invoice file to her message instead of listing the figures in the text.”

Core meaning

“Before closing the task, he attached the file to the final comment.”

In context