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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /əˈfɪl.i.ət/

Definition 1:
• 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.
Example: Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
Verb
Pronunciation: /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/

Definition 1:
• To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To fix the paternity of
Example: to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
Labels: transitive, said of an illegitimate child

Definition 4:
• To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
Labels: transitive

Definition 5:
• To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
Labels: intransitive, followed by "to" or "with"

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affiliate