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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
   "network affiliates"

1. Keep company with; hang out with
   "She affiliates with her colleagues"
   - consort, associate, assort
    
2. Join in an affiliation
   "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group"

Derived forms: affiliated, affiliates, affiliating

See also: affiliation

Type of: associate, fall in, get together, interact, join, organisation [Brit], organization

Encyclopedia: Affiliate