affiliate
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.
Noun 1 meaning
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.”
Verb 4 meanings
To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
To fix the paternity of
“to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another”
To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
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).
AFFILIATE at a glance
AFFILIATE has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (A 1 + F 4 + F 4 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,083 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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