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affiliate
[ verb uh-fil-ee-eyt; noun uh-fil-ee-it, -eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
affiliate
verb
- 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 connection
he affiliated himself with the Union
noun
- a person or organization that is affiliated with another
- ( as modifier )
an affiliate member
Derived Forms
- ˌھˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ھ··· [uh, -, fil, -ee-, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- ·ھ···پ [uh, -, fil, -ee-ey-tiv, -, fil, -ee-, uh, -], adjective
- ԴDz··ھ··ٱ noun
- ԴDz··ھ···Բ adjective
- ··ھ··ٱ noun
- ··ھ··ٱ verb preaffiliated preaffiliating
- ··ھ··ٱ verb reaffiliated reaffiliating
Word History and Origins
Origin of affiliate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of affiliate1
Example Sentences
The two suspects, however, were unaware that the two people they had enlisted were “affiliated with and acting at the direction of the FBI,” according to the Justice Department’s statement.
A sixth man, Michael Keller, who authorities say is not affiliated with the company, is also charged with battery in connection with the incident.
Price has seen his department triple in size under Blake, adding a full-time dietitian, two additional strength coaches, and a dietitian and strength coach for the team’s AHL affiliate in Ontario.
These commanders are affiliated to the Taliban but often have a degree of autonomy in their regions.
They missed the Mongols, hitting instead two bystanders who weren’t affiliated with motorcycle gangs, the complaint said.
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