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Definition of affiliate
affiliated
;affiliating
transitive verb
1a : to bring or receive into close connection as a member or branch The medical school is affiliated with a hospital.b : to associate as a member affiliates herself with the local club
2 : to trace the origin of affiliated Shakespeare's “Hamlet” to earlier plays
intransitive verb
: to connect or associate oneself : combine refused to affiliate with any political party
From the M-W Editors
Examples of affiliate in a Sentence
Their group does not affiliate itself with any political party.
Recent Examples of affiliate from the Web
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Alabama has nonpartisan registration, meaning voters are not required to affiliate with a political party on the voter registration form, so that information wouldn't be available except through an analysis of voting histories.
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Located on the Purdue Northwest Campus — but not affiliated with the college — the center is hosting 12 summer camp sessions for children ages 4-14.
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Federal data shows that in 2014, 27 percent of occupational therapists worked in hospitals, 24 percent in offices and 12 percent were affiliated with primary and secondary schools.
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According to Shabtai, the early session is mostly taken up by children in the BRS community — and the two later sessions include teenagers affiliated with BRS, adults from the BRS community and some adults who aren't BRS members.
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The biker gang in Florida, founded by Zorin, writes a letter to a Russian gang called The Night Wolves, asking to be affiliated with them.
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The property is owned by Texro LLC, an entity not affiliated with the steakhouse company, Doster said.
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The occupation appears to be affiliated with a politicized, international squatters’ movement, sometimes known as Okupa, that involves the conversion of abandoned buildings into community centers managed through collective decision-making.
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Dominican is a community hospital, not affiliated with a university or research center.
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Origin and Etymology of affiliate
Medieval Latin affiliatus, past participle of affiliare to adopt as a son, from Latin ad- + filius son — more at feminine
Definition of affiliate
: an affiliated person or organization the network's local affiliates
Examples of affiliate in a Sentence
Two of the company's regional affiliates lost money in the past year.
our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization
Recent Examples of affiliate from the Web
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Persinger, chosen in the 18th round (No. 552 overall) in the MLB Draft earlier this month, has been assigned to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in Niles, Ohio, the Indians’ short-season single-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League.
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James Bible, an attorney representing family members of Lyles, told CNN affiliate KIRO.
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Tennessee, the Chicago Cubs' Double-A affiliate, finished the first half at 36-33.
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On July 25, 1994, Boughner signed with the Panthers and played parts of two seasons for their minor league affiliates in Cincinnati (IHL) and Carolina Monarchs (AHL) before being traded to the Sabres in 1996.
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Some of the roughly $1 billion in payoffs went to Iranian security officials and al-Qaeda affiliates, neither of which are particular friends of the Saudis.
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There has also been no response from Torrealba or the military since the recording was first reported last week by the Spanish-language affiliate of the Miami Herald.
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The allegations were reported by Fox News, including WTTG-TV, the District’s Fox News affiliate.
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In Pennsylvania, the ACLU’s local affiliate is also testing new waters by getting involved for the first time in a DA race, with a campaign aimed at educating voters on the issues at stake on Tuesday.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'affiliate'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of affiliate
see 1affiliate
AFFILIATE Defined for English Language Learners
affiliate
playDefinition of affiliate for English Language Learners
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: to closely connect (something or yourself) with or to something (such as a program or organization) as a member or partner
affiliate
playDefinition of affiliate for English Language Learners
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: an organization (such as a television station) that is a member of a larger organization (such as a national network)
AFFILIATE Defined for Kids
affiliate
playDefinition of affiliate for Students
affiliated
;affiliating
: to associate as a member or partner The spokesperson has long been affiliated with the charity.
Law Dictionary
Legal Definition of affiliate
affiliated
affiliating
transitive verb
1 : to bring or receive into close association as a member or division
2 : to join or associate as a member or division
intransitive verb
: to connect or associate oneself —usually used with with has just affiliated with the huge corporation
Legal Definition of affiliate
: an affiliated person or organization; specifically : a business entity effectively controlling or controlled by another or associated with others under common ownership or control — compare parent 2, subsidiary
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