All 3 Uses of
affiliate
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- Lining the street that led past the cemetery and downtown were the news vans—local affiliates, and even a crew from FOX in Boston.†
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- Eventually, when I found one that I couldn't discredit, I started wondering if it was really God I objected to ....or just the sense of entitlement that seems to be part of affiliating with a religious group.†
- I was talking religious affiliation.†
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