affiliate

«affiliate» in Mova's school dictionary: verb: To join or connect officially with a larger group… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (affiliate, affiliates, affiliated, affiliating); noun (an affiliate, affiliates)

meaning for a pupil

1) verb: To join or connect officially with a larger group or organisation. tree →

2) noun: A smaller group, company or person that is officially connected to a bigger one. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used about clubs, schools, TV channels and companies: a local station is an affiliate of a national network; a club is affiliated to a league. Phrases: «affiliated with/to», «an affiliate of».

examples

• Our football club is affiliated to the county league. tree →
• The local TV station is an affiliate of a big network. tree →
• The school is affiliated with the university. tree →
• The two charities decided to affiliate. tree →
• He is not affiliated with any party. tree →
• Each affiliate sends a member to the meeting. tree →

note

Verb said «a-FIL-ee-ate», noun often «a-FIL-ee-it». UK often «affiliated to», US «affiliated with». Noun of the action: affiliation.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «affiliate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.