affiliateverb [ T ]
uk/əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/us/əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization:
a college affiliated to the University of Mumbai
The school is affiliated with a national association of driving schools.
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Creating alliances
- align
- align yourself with sth/sb
- alliance
- ally
- ally yourself to/with sb
- associate
- associate with sb
- attach
- attach yourself to sb/sth
- cosiness
- go
- go in on sth
- hobnob
- integrate
- join
- network
- pair
- pair sb off
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affiliatenoun [ C ]
uk/əˈfɪl.i.ət/us/əˈfɪl.i.ət/an organization that is connected with or controlled by another, usually larger, organization:
Our college is an affiliate of the university.
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- echelon
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- founder
- low-level
- position
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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