AFFILIATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does affiliation mean?
• AFFILIATION (noun)
The noun AFFILIATION has 2 senses:
1. a social or business relationship
2. the act of becoming formally connected or joined
Familiarity information: AFFILIATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AFFILIATION (noun)
Meaning:
A social or business relationship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
affiliation; tie-up; tie; association
Context examples:
a valuable financial affiliation / he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team / many close associations with England
Hypernyms ("affiliation" is a kind of...):
relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)
Meaning:
The act of becoming formally connected or joined
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university
Hypernyms ("affiliation" is a kind of...):
association (the act of consorting with or joining with others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affiliation"):
reaffiliation (affiliation anew)
