affiliated
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verb (used with object)
1.
to bring into close association or connection: The research center is affiliated with the university.
2.
to attach or unite on terms of fellowship; associate (usually followed by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage): to affiliate with the church.
4.
to adopt.
5.
Law. to fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child: The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.
verb (used without object)
6.
to associate oneself; be intimately united in action or interest.
noun
7.
a branch organization.
8.
Commerce.
a.
a business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern.
b.
a subsidiary.
9.
a person who is affiliated; associate; auxiliary.
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| affiliate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr; |
| 2. | ( |
| —n | |
| 3. | a. a person or organization that is affiliated with another |
| b. (as modifier): an affiliate member | |
| [C18: from Medieval Latin affīliātus adopted as a son, from affīlīare, from Latin filius son] | |
| affili'ation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
affiliate
1761, from L. affiliat-, pp. stem of affiliare "to adopt" (see affiliation). Outside legal use, always fig. The noun is attested from 1879.
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Example sentences
One reason is that the major automakers give affiliated dealerships responsibility for large areas, usually a prefecture.
New college-affiliated retirement communities are learning from their forebears.
Voters who are independent or affiliated with the minority party might therefore be encouraged to turn out to vote more often.
The proportion rises to three-quarters if people simply affiliated to the security services are included.
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