affiliation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity
  3. (countable, uncountable) A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/
Etymology

From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius (“son”)).

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