noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK, US:/əˈfɪl.i.ət/
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UK, US:/əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 F IH1 L IY0 EY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AH0 F IH1 L IY0 AH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To fix the paternity of
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
network affiliates
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
8
noun
Meaning 8
a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: associate
9
verb
Meaning 9
join in an affiliation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The two colleges affiliated
They affiliated with a national group
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: join, fall in, get together
10
verb
Meaning 10
keep company with; hang out with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He associates with strange people
She affiliates with her colleagues
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consort, associate, assort
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interact
Narrower terms: ally, go steady, go out, date, see, company, companion, accompany, keep company
History
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).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
съдружник
(sǎdružnik)
— something that is affiliated
Bulgarian:
филиал
(filial)
— something that is affiliated
Dutch:
filiaal
— something that is affiliated
Dutch:
dochteronderneming
— something that is affiliated
Finnish:
tytäryhtiö
— something that is affiliated
German:
Tochterunternehmen
— something that is affiliated
German:
Tochtergesellschaft
— something that is affiliated
German:
Zweigunternehmen
— something that is affiliated
German:
Zweigniederlassung
— something that is affiliated
German:
Tochter
— something that is affiliated
German:
Geschäftspartner
— something that is affiliated
German:
verbundenes Unternehmen
— something that is affiliated
German:
angeschlossenes Unternehmen
— something that is affiliated
German:
angegliederte Gesellschaft
— something that is affiliated
German:
Mitgliedsorganisation
— something that is affiliated
Hungarian:
tagvállalat
— something that is affiliated
Hungarian:
tagszervezet
— something that is affiliated
Hungarian:
leányvállalat
— something that is affiliated
Hungarian:
fiókvállalat
— something that is affiliated
Spanish:
afiliado
— something that is affiliated
Spanish:
afiliada
— something that is affiliated
Spanish:
filial
— something that is affiliated
Swedish:
filial
— something that is affiliated
Swedish:
dotterbolag
— something that is affiliated
Bulgarian:
осиновявам
(osinovjavam)
— to fix the paternity of
Finnish:
määrittää isyys
— to fix the paternity of
German:
aufnehmen
— to fix the paternity of
Japanese:
認知する
(ninchi suru)
— to fix the paternity of
Swedish:
tilldöma (någon faderskapet)
— to fix the paternity of
Finnish:
johtaa
— to connect in the way of descent
German:
herleiten
— to connect in the way of descent
Swedish:
härleda
— to connect in the way of descent
Bulgarian:
присъединявам
(prisǎedinjavam)
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Bulgarian:
сдружавам
(sdružavam)
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Czech:
připojit se
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Czech:
přidat
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Dutch:
verbinden
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Finnish:
liittyä
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Galician:
afiliar
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
German:
verbinden
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
German:
beitreten
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
German:
beifügen
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
German:
zufügen
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Hungarian:
csatlakozik
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Hungarian:
bekapcsolódik
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Hungarian:
beolvad
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Polish:
afiliować
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Portuguese:
afiliar
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Portuguese:
filiar
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Russian:
присоединя́ться
(prisojedinjátʹsja)
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Russian:
присоедини́ться
(prisojedinítʹsja)
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Spanish:
afiliar
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Spanish:
asociar
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Swedish:
ansluta
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Swedish:
förena
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Swedish:
uppta
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Swedish:
göra till filial
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Turkish:
katmak
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Turkish:
eklemek
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Welsh:
cysylltu
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
Welsh:
ymgysylltu
— to attach (to) or unite (with)
