1.
If you are ~ to someone or something, you like them very much.
She is very ~ to her family and friends.
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2.
If someone is ~ to an organization or group of people, they are working with them, often only for a short time.
Ford was ~ to the battalion’s first line of transport.
ADJ: v-link ADJ to n
3.
If one organization or institution is ~ to a larger organization, it is part of that organization and is controlled and run by it.
At one time the schools were mainly ~ to the church.
= affiliated
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