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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
affiliate en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əˈfɪl.i.ət/ (UK, US)
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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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.
Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
They used to been^([sic]) more of a Detroit channel, as they had showed a lot of American programs, aside from being the CBC affiliate.
1999 July 29, Chris Sobieniak, “Weird 3d NFB animated short(any canadians in here?)”, in rec.arts.animation (Usenet):
Forms
Deriveds
nonaffiliate · affiliateship · affiliate network · affiliate marketing
Translations (24)
bg съдружник (something that is affiliated) · nl dochteronderneming (something that is affiliated) · de Mitgliedsorganisation (something that is affiliated) · de Zweigniederlassung (something that is affiliated) · de verbundenes Unternehmen (something that is affiliated) · sv dotterbolag (something that is affiliated) · de Geschäftspartner (something that is affiliated) · nl filiaal (something that is affiliated) · hu fiókvállalat (something that is affiliated) · es afiliado (something that is affiliated) · hu leányvállalat (something that is affiliated) · es filial (something that is affiliated) · bg филиал (something that is affiliated) · de angegliederte Gesellschaft (something that is affiliated) · de Tochter (something that is affiliated) · hu tagvállalat (something that is affiliated) · de angeschlossenes Unternehmen (something that is affiliated) · de Tochterunternehmen (something that is affiliated) · es afiliada (something that is affiliated) · sv filial (something that is affiliated) · de Tochtergesellschaft (something that is affiliated) · fi tytäryhtiö (something that is affiliated) · hu tagszervezet (something that is affiliated) · de Zweigunternehmen (something that is affiliated)
affiliate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/ (UK, US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
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).
Meanings
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(transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
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(transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?
1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
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(said of an illegitimate child, transitive) To fix the paternity of
to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
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(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?
1855, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Psychology:
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(followed by "to" or "with", intransitive) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
Forms
Deriveds
unaffiliated · affiliation · disaffiliate · unaffiliate · reaffiliate
Translations (36)
de beifügen (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · hu csatlakozik (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · bg присъединявам (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · pt filiar (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · sv ansluta (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · sv tilldöma (någon faderskapet) (to fix the paternity of) · sv härleda (to connect in the way of descent) · pl afiliować (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · tr katmak (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · de herleiten (to connect in the way of descent) · hu beolvad (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · de beitreten (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · bg сдружавам (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · es afiliarse (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · cs přidat (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · ru присоединя́ться (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · de zufügen (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · sv uppta (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · gl afiliar (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · fi määrittää isyys (to fix the paternity of) · de aufnehmen (to fix the paternity of) · tr eklemek (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · pt afiliar (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · cy ymgysylltu (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · fi liittyä (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · nl verbinden (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · sv förena (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · de verbinden (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · bg осиновявам (to fix the paternity of) · sv göra till filial (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · ja 認知する (to fix the paternity of) · cs připojit se (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · cy cysylltu (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · hu bekapcsolódik (to attach (to) or unite (with)) · fi johtaa (to connect in the way of descent) · ru присоедини́ться (to attach (to) or unite (with))