Both Uses of
affiliate
in
Outliers
- My ideas would have weight and I could use my position, my affiliation at Harvard, to promote my ideas.†
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- His political affiliations were dodgy: he had all kinds of friends who were Communists.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(affiliate as in: an affiliate of the...) noun: an organization or person that is closely associated with another person or organization
verb: to create a close association between two organizations or people -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a verb, "affiliate" means: to associate with