affiliate

Meaning

Noun

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Verb

1. (transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
2. (transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
3. (transitive) To fix the paternity of
4. (transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
5. (intransitive) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Synonyms

branch

associate

join

subsidiary

affiliated company

member

subsidiary company

connect

affiliated firm

integrate

join with

relate

merge

combine

unite

participant

branches

branch establishment

branch office

branch offices

categorize

chapter

classify

come to

companion

consociate

consolidate

consort

coopt

embranchment

enroll

enter

entrant

espouse

father

👨‍👦

fellow

figure

get in

include

initiate

interrelate

league together

limb

line of business

link

🔗

mesh

on

🔛

participate

part-owner

regard

Translations

affilier

afiliar

filial

affilié

filiale

succursale

aannemen

affiliëren

verbinden

herleiten

σχετίζω

zufügen

aufnehmen

afiliar

beifügen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɪl.i.ət/

Etymology

Cognate with French: affilié

In summary

From Medieval Latin affīliātus, the passive past participle of Late Latin adfīliō, affīliō (“to adopt as son”), from ad- + fīlius + -ō. Equivalent to Latin affīliō + -ate. Compare French affilié (noun).