affiliate

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

Definition categories: person, associate

2. a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization

- network affiliates

Definition categories: group, organisation, organization

Sentences with affiliate as a noun:

- Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.

verb

1. keep company with; hang out with

- She affiliates with her colleagues

Similar word(s): associate, assort, consort

Definition categories: social, interact

2. join in an affiliation

- The two colleges affiliated

- They affiliated with a national group

Definition categories: social, join

Sentences with affiliate as a verb:

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