affiliated

[ uh-fil-ee-ey-tid ]

/ əˈfɪl iˌeɪ tɪd /

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adjective

being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.

Words nearby affiliated

affiant, affiche, afficionado, affidavit, affiliate, affiliated, affiliation, affiliation order, affiliation proceedings, affiliative drive, affinal

Origin of affiliated

First recorded in 1785–95; affiliate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM affiliated

non·af·fil·i·at·ed, adjectiveun·af·fil·i·at·ed, adjective

Definition for affiliated (2 of 2)

affiliate

[ verb uh-fil-ee-eyt; noun uh-fil-ee-it, -eyt ]

/ verb əˈfɪl iˌeɪt; noun əˈfɪl i ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

verb (used with object), af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing.

to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university.

to attach or unite on terms of fellowship; associate (usually followed by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage): to affiliate with the church.

to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of: to affiliate a language.

to adopt.

Law. to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.

verb (used without object), af·fil·i·at·ed, af·fil·i·at·ing.

to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest.

noun

a branch organization.

Commerce.

a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern.
a subsidiary.

a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary.

Origin of affiliate

1755–65; < Latin affīliātus adopted as son (past participle of affīliāre), equivalent to af- af- + fīli(us) son + -ātus -ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM affiliate

af·fil·i·a·ble

[uh-fil-ee-uh-buh l] /əˈfɪl i ə bəl/, adjectiveaf·fil·i·a·tive

[uh-fil-ee-ey-tiv, -fil-ee-uh-] /əˈfɪl iˌeɪ tɪv, -ˈfɪl i ə-/, adjectivenon·af·fil·i·ate, nounnon·af·fil·i·at·ing, adjective

pre·af·fil·i·ate, nounpre·af·fil·i·ate, verb, pre·af·fil·i·at·ed, pre·af·fil·i·at·ing.re·af·fil·i·ate, verb, re·af·fil·i·at·ed, re·af·fil·i·at·ing.

Examples from the Web for affiliated

Tuchman, of course, never earned a Ph.D.; nor was she ever affiliated with a university history department.
Barbara Tuchman’s ‘The Guns of August’ Is Still WWI’s Peerless Chronicle|James A. Warren|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It no longer looks at whether a detainee is affiliated with al Qaeda.
A Navy Lawyer Cries Foul on Gitmo’s Kafkaesque Legal System|Eleanor Clift|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His fixer, who Barfi said was affiliated with the Islamist Tawhid brigade, was set free 15 days later.
Obama Administration and Sotloff Family Battle Over Blame for Journalist’s Kidnapping|Josh Rogin|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Donnison tweeted that Rosenfeld told him that while the cell on the West Bank was operating alone, it was affiliated with Hamas.
Israel Still Swears Hamas Kidnapped Those Teens|Eli Lake|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And by a tipster who seems to be posing as a Tea Partier—but who one source suspects is affiliated with the Clintons?
The Strange Leak of the New Exposé ‘Clinton, Inc.’|Lloyd Grove|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were three to torment the life out of her, he and Erminia and Lucilla, two aunts of his—all affiliated to the devil.
Within the Tides|Joseph Conrad
"Cosy Corner" has now been affiliated to Nordrach-upon-Mendip.
The Bristol Royal Mail|R. C. Tombs
The nationality councils were affiliated with the Socialist Unity Front.
Area Handbook for Romania|Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
They are excellently located, are doing a splendid work and are affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
The Old World and Its Ways|William Jennings Bryan
Sheppard College is an affiliated foundation for unmarried daughters of these widows.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for affiliated

affiliate

verb (əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt)

(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

(foll by with) to associate (oneself) or be associated, esp as a subordinate or subsidiary; bring or come into close connectionhe affiliated himself with the Union

noun (əˈfɪlɪɪt, -ˌeɪt)

a person or organization that is affiliated with another
(as modifier)an affiliate member

Derived forms of affiliate

affiliation, noun

Word Origin for affiliate

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

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