Meanings
plural affiliates
- 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.
1 more example
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)
present singular third person affiliates · participle present affiliating · participle past affiliated · past affiliated
- transitiveTo adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
- transitiveto 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 - transitiveTo fix the paternity of
to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
- transitiveTo 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 - intransitiveTo attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinadfīliō
- Medieval Latinaffīliātus
- Englishaffiliate
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).
More words from Medieval Latin, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съдружник, филиал
- съдружник (sădružnik)something that is affiliated
- филиал (filial)something that is affiliated
- осиновявам (osinovjavam)to fix the paternity of
- присъединявам (prisăedinjavam)to attach (to) or unite (with)
- сдружавам (sdružavam)to attach (to) or unite (with)
Czech připojit se, přidat
- připojit seto attach (to) or unite (with)
- přidatto attach (to) or unite (with)
Dutch filiaal, dochteronderneming
- filiaalsomething that is affiliated
- dochterondernemingsomething that is affiliated
- verbindento attach (to) or unite (with)
Finnish tytäryhtiö, määrittää isyys
- tytäryhtiösomething that is affiliated
- määrittää isyysto fix the paternity of
- johtaato connect in the way of descent
- liittyäto attach (to) or unite (with)
French affilier
- affilierto fix the paternity of
German Tochterunternehmen, Tochtergesellschaft
- Tochterunternehmensomething that is affiliated
- Tochtergesellschaftsomething that is affiliated
- Zweigunternehmensomething that is affiliated
- Zweigniederlassungsomething that is affiliated
- Tochtersomething that is affiliated
- Geschäftspartnersomething that is affiliated
- verbundenes Unternehmensomething that is affiliated
- angeschlossenes Unternehmensomething that is affiliated
- angegliederte Gesellschaftsomething that is affiliated
- Mitgliedsorganisationsomething that is affiliated
- aufnehmento fix the paternity of
- herleitento connect in the way of descent
- verbindento attach (to) or unite (with)
- beitretento attach (to) or unite (with)
- beifügento attach (to) or unite (with)
- zufügento attach (to) or unite (with)
Hungarian tagvállalat, tagszervezet
- tagvállalatsomething that is affiliated
- tagszervezetsomething that is affiliated
- leányvállalatsomething that is affiliated
- fiókvállalatsomething that is affiliated
- csatlakozikto attach (to) or unite (with)
- bekapcsolódikto attach (to) or unite (with)
- beolvadto attach (to) or unite (with)
Japanese 認知する
- 認知する (ninchi suru)to fix the paternity of
Polish afiliować
- afiliowaćto attach (to) or unite (with)
Portuguese afiliar, filiar
- afiliarto attach (to) or unite (with)
- filiarto attach (to) or unite (with)
Russian присоединя́ться, присоедини́ться
- присоединя́ться (prisojedinjátʹsja)to attach (to) or unite (with)
- присоедини́ться (prisojedinítʹsja)to attach (to) or unite (with)
Spanish afiliado, afiliada
- afiliadosomething that is affiliated
- afiliadasomething that is affiliated
- filialsomething that is affiliated
- afiliarseto attach (to) or unite (with)
Swedish filial, dotterbolag
- filialsomething that is affiliated
- dotterbolagsomething that is affiliated
- tilldöma (någon faderskapet)to fix the paternity of
- härledato connect in the way of descent
- anslutato attach (to) or unite (with)
- förenato attach (to) or unite (with)
- upptato attach (to) or unite (with)
- göra till filialto attach (to) or unite (with)
Turkish katmak, eklemek
- katmakto attach (to) or unite (with)
- eklemekto attach (to) or unite (with)
Welsh cysylltu, ymgysylltu
- cysylltuto attach (to) or unite (with)
- ymgysylltuto attach (to) or unite (with)
Cite this entry
affiliate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affiliate
“affiliate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affiliate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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