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affiliate

[uh-fil-ee-eyt, uh-fil-ee-it, -eyt]

verb (used with object)

affiliated, affiliating 
  1. to bring into close association or connection of action or interest: You can download resources to affiliate your event with our fundraising campaign.

    The research center is affiliated with the university.

    You can download resources to affiliate your event with our fundraising campaign.

  2. to attach or unite (oneself or another person) in fellowship or membership; associate (usually followed by with in U.S. usage, by to in British usage).

    He affiliated himself with almost every group dedicated to improving the economic condition of the individual farmer.

    Some of the Greek mixed-faith families affiliated their children to Orthodox Christianity, others to Islam.

  3. to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of.

    Competing hypotheses affiliate the language with either Afroasiatic or Nilo-Saharan.

  4. to integrate or extend membership to; adopt (as an affiliate).

    The National Golf Federation affiliated the club, giving it an immediate prestige.

  5. to connect or associate in thought.

    Many people tend to affiliate the sciences with better pay and job security.

  6. Law.,  to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child.

    The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.



verb (used without object)

affiliated, affiliating 
  1. to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest.

    Our health advocacy group affiliates with hospitals equipped with the best facilities.

noun

  1. a branch organization.

  2. Commerce.

    1. a business concern in which a larger concern owns a minority stake, or in which a third concern, the parent of both, owns a majority stake or has been given control by contract.

      The video was reportedly broadcast on STV, an affiliate of Global Television, on September 30, 1999.

    2. (especially in online retail) a company that retails goods on behalf of one or more other companies, paying them a commission.

      Cookies are used to track a customer's progress from the website of the affiliate through to the shopping cart of the merchant.

    3. (in U.S. tax law) subsidiary.

      Development Tax Credits are not available for property owned by the taxpayer or an affiliate prior to July 3, 2000.

  3. a person who is affiliated; associate; subordinate.

affiliate

verb

  1. (tr; foll by to or with) to receive into close connection or association (with a larger body, group, organization, etc); adopt as a member, branch, etc

  2. (foll by with) to associate (oneself) or be associated, esp as a subordinate or subsidiary; bring or come into close connection

    he affiliated himself with the Union

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a person or organization that is affiliated with another

    2. ( as modifier )

      an affiliate member

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • affiliable adjective
  • affiliative adjective
  • nonaffiliate noun
  • nonaffiliating adjective
  • preaffiliate verb
  • reaffiliate verb
  • affiliation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of affiliate1

First recorded in 1755–65; from Latin affīliātus “adopted as son” (past participle of affīliāre ), equivalent to af- af- + fīli(us) “son” + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of affiliate1

C18: from Medieval Latin affīliātus adopted as a son, from affīlīare, from Latin filius son
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Al-Shabab is affiliated to al-Qaeda and has waged a brutal insurgency against the government in Somalia for nearly 20 years.

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But Dughmush refused their offer, saying his family were civilians, and that though they were not affiliated with Hamas, they had no interest in being “tools of the occupation.”

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“The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught,” she told WLS Chicago, a local ABC affiliate.

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Voting in a ballot of Labour members and affiliated supporters is open from 8 October to 23 October, with the result of the contest announced on 25 October.

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In August, United Parcel Service Inc. and its affiliates were required to pay $1.7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the district attorneys of 45 California counties.

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