Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - attached

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