af·fil·i·ate
ə-ˈfi-lē-ˌāt 
affiliated; affiliating
1
a
: to bring or receive into close connection as a member or branch
The medical school is affiliated with a hospital.
b
: to associate as a member
affiliates herself with the local club
2
: to trace the origin of
affiliated Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to earlier plays
: to connect or associate oneself : combine
refused to affiliate with any political party
af·fil·i·ate
ə-ˈfi-lē-ət
-ˌāt
: an affiliated person or organization
the network's local affiliates
Examples of affiliate in a Sentence
Verb
Their group does not affiliate itself with any political party.
Noun
Two of the company's regional affiliates lost money in the past year.
our local Humane Society is an affiliate of a national organization
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Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
One of these games, held primarily in a nondescript building in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, was affiliated with the Bonanno family, while another, based mainly in Greenwich Village, was connected to the Gambino family, the indictment says.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Yesavage — who started his professional baseball career on the Blue Jays Single-A minor league affiliate in Florida six months ago — threw a record 12 strikeouts in seven innings, recording no walks, three hits and one run.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The link listed in the message is not affiliated with any government agency.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
One of these games, held primarily in a nondescript building in Manhattan’s Kips Bay neighborhood, was affiliated with the Bonanno family, while another, based mainly in Greenwich Village, was connected to the Gambino family, the indictment says.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
Nexstar and Sook have also been in the headlines recently over the company’s decision to pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show on its ABC affiliates, over comments Kimmel made about the MAGA movement’s attempts to score political points from Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
Yesavage — who started his professional baseball career on the Blue Jays Single-A minor league affiliate in Florida six months ago — threw a record 12 strikeouts in seven innings, recording no walks, three hits and one run.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Affiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affiliate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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affiliate
1 of 2 verb
af·fil·i·ate
ə-ˈfil-ē-ˌāt
affiliated; affiliating
: to connect closely often as a member, branch, or associate
affiliate
2 of 2 noun
af·fil·i·ate
ə-ˈfil-ē-ət
: an affiliated person or organization
Legal Definition
affiliate
1 of 2 verb
af·fil·i·ate
ə-ˈfi-lē-ˌāt
affiliated; affiliating
1
: to bring or receive into close association as a member or division
2
: to join or associate as a member or division
: to connect or associate oneself
—usually used with with
has just affiliated with the huge corporation
affiliate
2 of 2 noun
af·fil·i·ate
ə-ˈfi-lē-ət
: an affiliated person or organization
specifically
: a business entity effectively controlling or controlled by another or associated with others under common ownership or control compare parent sense 2, subsidiary
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