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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈfɪlieɪtɪd/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə fil′ē ā′tid)

From the verb affiliate: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
af•fil•i•at•ed  (ə fil′ē ā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. being in close formal or informal association;
    related:a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
  • affiliate + -ed2 1785–95

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
af•fil•i•ate /v. əˈfɪliˌeɪt; n. -ɪt, -ˌeɪt/USA pronunciation   v., -at•ed, -at•ing, n. 
v. 
  1. to attach or bring into close association or connection: [no object]The two groups affiliated.[~ + object;
    often: be + affiliated + with + object]    The research center is affiliated with the university.[~ + oneself + with]affiliated themselves with a political party.

n. [countable]
  1. a branch organization;
    a business organization owned or controlled by another concern:a TV network's affiliates.
af•fil•i•a•tion /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable* uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
af•fil•i•ate  (v. ə fil′ē āt′;n. ə fil′ē it, -āt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to bring into close association or connection:The research center is affiliated with the university.
  2. to attach or unite on terms of fellowship;
    associate (usually fol. by with in U.S. usage, by to in Brit. usage):to affiliate with the church.
  3. to trace the descent, derivation, or origin of:to affiliate a language.
  4. to adopt.
  5. Lawto fix the paternity of, as an illegitimate child:The mother affiliated her child upon John Doe.

v.i. 
  1. to associate oneself;
    be intimately united in action or interest.

n. 
  1. a branch organization.
  2. [Com.]
    • Businessa business concern owned or controlled in whole or in part by another concern.
    • Businessa subsidiary.
  3. Communicationsa person who is affiliated;
    associate;
    auxiliary.
  • Latin affīliātus adopted as son (past participle of affīliāre), equivalent. to af- af- + fīli(us) son + -ātus -ate1
  • 1755–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
affiliate vb /əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt/
  1. (transitive; followed by to or with) to receive into close connection or association (with a larger body, group, organization, etc); adopt as a member, branch, etc
  2. (followed by with) to associate (oneself) or be associated, esp as a subordinate or subsidiary; bring or come into close connection
 n /əˈfɪlɪɪt; -ˌeɪt/
    • a person or organization that is affiliated with another
    • (as modifier): an affiliate member
Etymology: 18th Century: from Medieval Latin affīliātus adopted as a son, from affīlīare, from Latin filius sonafˌfiliˈation n
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