0 to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization:
1 an organization that is connected with or controlled by another, usually larger, organization:
Our college is an affiliate of the university.
2 to become part of or form a close relationship with a group or organization:
3 one part of a larger group or organization:
The show is broadcast on most of the network’s affiliates.
4 an organization that is officially connected with or controlled by another, usually larger, organization:
5 to be officially connected with or controlled by another, usually larger, company or organization:
The trust is affiliated with another nonprofit group.
In Dubai, most of the major hotels are affiliated to one of the several world-class golf courses.
The buyers, the majority local families, affiliated with the surrounding barrio.
A proposed platform was sent to district councils and their affiliates for approval, but every council save one opposed it.
As the reorganization perspective argues, elites led the way in abruptly changing the types (not just numbers) of civic groups with which they affiliated.
The colony resident maulana would come from the school of jurisprudence that the sponsoring organization was affiliated to.
We would subsidize the new affiliates that didn't have enough membership at first.
In addition, most children were found to parallel the level of deviancy among the peers with whom they affiliated.
Team ethicists, by contrast, are conceptually affiliated to the team.
The other clinics are affiliated to general health clinics.
