affiliate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

Noun:

• (WEAE) IPA: /ʌˈfɪl.i.et/
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[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.

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to 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

• affiliate with
• affiliate to
• affiliation

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[edit] Verb

affiliate

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