Definition of "affiliate" in Englisch

noun

1. Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

   • Our local TV channel is an affiliate of NBC.

verb

1. (transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring

2. (transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

3. (transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of

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

4. (transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.

5. (intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.