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..

Definitions by Sense

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.
2. (transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
3. (transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
4. (transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
5. (transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
6. (intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Example Sentences

Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.

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.

Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion?

to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another

How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes?

Word Forms

• affiliates
• affiliating
• affiliated

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When Should You Use Affiliate?

Use affiliate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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