affiliated

[uh-fil-ee-ey-tid]

adjective

1. being in close formal or informal association; related.

   a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.

Other Word Forms

• nonaffiliated adjective
• unaffiliated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of affiliated¹

First recorded in 1785–95; affiliate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

They include one serving Shwe Kokko, which the US Treasury calls a "notorious hub for virtual currency investment scams" under the protection of the Karen National Army, a militia affiliated with Myanmar's junta.

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Mokyr is a professor at Northwestern University and Aghion is affiliated with universities in France and the U.K., while Brown is a professor at Brown University.

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Pakistan's military said on Sunday that 23 of its troops and more than 200 Taliban and affiliated fighters on the Afghan side were killed in border clashes overnight.

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Powell has more constituency party backing, and more from the other affiliated organisations like the Society of Labour Lawyers.

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In a 2011 lawsuit, an unpaid creditor alleged that James used a web of affiliated companies to divert funds to himself and other business entities.

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Related Words

• connected