AFFILIATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does affiliate mean?
• AFFILIATE (noun)
The noun AFFILIATE has 2 senses:
1. a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
2. a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
Familiarity information: AFFILIATE used as a noun is rare.
• AFFILIATE (verb)
The verb AFFILIATE has 3 senses:
1. join in an affiliation
2. keep company with; hang out with
3. join in an affiliation
Familiarity information: AFFILIATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• AFFILIATE (noun)
Meaning:
A subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("affiliate" is a kind of...):
associate (a person who joins with others in some activity)
Meaning:
A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
network affiliates
Hypernyms ("affiliate" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
• AFFILIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Join in an affiliation
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
They affiliated themselves with the organization
Hypernyms (to "affiliate" is one way to...):
fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Keep company with; hang out with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
assort; consort; affiliate; associate
Context examples:
He associates with strange people / She affiliates with her colleagues
Hypernyms (to "affiliate" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "affiliate"):
ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)
date; go out; go steady; see (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)
accompany; companion; company; keep company (be a companion to somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Join in an affiliation
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The two colleges affiliated
Hypernyms (to "affiliate" is one way to...):
fall in; get together; join (become part of; become a member of a group or organization)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
