affiliate
verb /əˈfɪlieɪt/
/əˈfɪlieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they affiliate | /əˈfɪlieɪt/ /əˈfɪlieɪt/ |
| he / she / it affiliates | /əˈfɪlieɪts/ /əˈfɪlieɪts/ |
| past simple affiliated | /əˈfɪlieɪtɪd/ /əˈfɪlieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle affiliated | /əˈfɪlieɪtɪd/ /əˈfɪlieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form affiliating | /əˈfɪlieɪtɪŋ/ /əˈfɪlieɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, usually passive] to link a group, a company or an organization very closely with another, larger one
- be affiliated with somebody/something The hospital is affiliated with the local university.
- be affiliated to somebody/something The group is not affiliated to any political party.
- [transitive, intransitive] affiliate (yourself) (with somebody/something) to join, to be connected with, or to work for an organization
- The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from medieval Latin affiliat- ‘adopted as a son’, from the verb affiliare, from ad- ‘towards’ + filius ‘son’.