affiliate

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

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

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

to bring into close association or connection of action or interest: The research center is affiliated with the university.You can download resources to affiliate your event with our fundraising campaign.

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.

to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of: Competing hypotheses affiliate the language with either Afroasiatic or Nilo-Saharan.

to integrate or extend membership to; adopt (as an affiliate): The National Golf Federation affiliated the club, giving it an immediate prestige.

to connect or associate in thought: Many people tend to affiliate the sciences with better pay and job security.

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

noun

a branch organization.

Commerce.

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.
(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.
(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.

a person who is affiliated; associate; subordinate.

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Origin of affiliate

First recorded in 1755–65; from 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-buhl], /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.

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How to use affiliate in a sentence

That could be for another regional affiliate that is dropped by another club.
Nationals have a new Class AAA affiliate in Rochester Red Wings|Jesse Dougherty|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Programmatic advertising and affiliate e-commerce will also become top focuses for revenue for the company, while refining SEO and other digital distributions strategies were focuses for audience growth, he said.
‘Valuations had shifted’: What a private equity acquisition means for legacy media|Kayleigh Barber|November 19, 2020|Digiday
Group Nine will not be making any affiliate or sponsorship revenue from 50% of the shops.
Group Nine’s new marketplace Swipe.Shop takes aim at mobile shoppers’ holiday spending|Kayleigh Barber|November 16, 2020|Digiday
That potential affiliate fee ceiling combined with the whittled-down pay-TV subscriber base would effectively cap networks’ affiliate revenue.
TV networks cut costs to confront shrinking profits amid streaming shift|Tim Peterson|November 11, 2020|Digiday

Rather than publishing your display ads by yourself, use affiliates to do it for you.
Holiday marketing: Get the data that puts you ahead of the competition|Sarah Mehlman|November 10, 2020|Search Engine Watch
I find the human and objective atmosphere of New York city and Brooklyn more affiliative to me than any other.
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British Dictionary definitions for affiliate

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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