affiliate
Other forms: affiliated; affiliates; affiliating
An affiliate is a subordinate group or organization associated with a larger group or organization. For example, the American broadcasting company NBC has hundreds of affiliate stations around the country.
Affiliate comes from the Medieval Latin term affiliat, meaning "adopted as a son," though it's unlikely NBC sees its affiliate companies in quite that way. The word can also be used to describe someone who simply hangs out with someone else a lot, or keeps company with them regularly, whether for business or not.
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join in an affiliation“The two colleges affiliated”“They affiliated with a national group”
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fall in, get together, join
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
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fall in, get together, join
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keep company with; hang out with“She affiliates with her colleagues”
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ally
become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
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date, go out, go steady, see
date regularly; have a steady relationship with
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accompany, companion, company, keep company
be a companion to somebody
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misally
make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately
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interact
act together or towards others or with others
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a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization“network affiliates”
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organisation, organization
a group of people who work together
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organisation, organization
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a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
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associate
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
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associate
Vocabulary lists containing affiliate
Middle graders Bug and Frankie form a close friendship when they team up to uncover the identity of the LA-area criminal called the Midnight Marauder.
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Claire's parents send her from China to California to live with a host family and attend an American high school.
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