affiliate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin adfiliare, affiliare (“to adopt as son”); ad + filius (“son”): compare French affilier.

[edit] Pronunciation

Noun:

  • (US) IPA: /ʌˈfɪl.i.et/
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)

Verb

[edit] Noun

affiliate (plural affiliates)

  1. Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things.
    The local channel was an affiliate of a national network.

[edit] Translations

something that is affiliated

[edit] Verb

affiliate (third-person singular simple present affiliates, present participle affiliating, simple past and past participle affiliated)

  1. (transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
  2. (transitive) To fix the paternity of; — said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
  3. (transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
  4. (intransitive) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; — followed by to or with.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

To adopt
To fix the paternity of
To connect in the way of descent
To attach (to) or unite (with)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

affiliate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of affilare
  2. second-person plural present indicative of affiliare
  3. second-person plural imperative of affiliare
  4. second-person plural present subjunctive of affiliare
  5. Feminine plural of affiliato
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