Affiliate Definition
ə-fĭlē-āt
affiliated, affiliates, affiliating
verb
affiliated, affiliates, affiliating
To adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch.
The HMO affiliated the clinics last year.
American Heritage
To take in as a member or branch.
Webster's New World
To associate oneself; join.
Webster's New World
To associate (oneself) as a subordinate, subsidiary, employee, or member.
Affiliated herself with a new law firm.
American Heritage
To connect or associate (oneself) with an organization, movement, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
affiliates
A person, organization, or establishment associated with another as a subordinate, subsidiary, or member.
Network affiliates.
American Heritage
An affiliated individual or organization; member.
Webster's New World
A corporation that is related to another corporation by one owning shares of the other, by common ownership, or by other means of control. See also company (parent) and subsidiary.
Webster's New World Law
Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
The local channel was an affiliate of a national network.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Affiliate
Noun
Singular:
affiliate
Plural:
affiliatesOrigin of Affiliate
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Medieval Latin affīliāre to adopt Latin ad- ad- Latin fīlius son dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as son”); ad + filius (“son”): compare French affilier.
From Wiktionary
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