English Explanatory Dictionary

affiliation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
  2. The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity.
  3. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

Pronunciation

/əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-affiliation.wav

Word forms

affiliation affiliations

Etymology

From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius (“son”)).

Derived words

church affiliation disaffiliation mosque affiliation post-affiliation pre-affiliation reaffiliation unaffiliation
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