affiliation
US/əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/
affiliation noun: the relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
Noun
affiliation (countable and uncountable, plural affiliations)
- The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
- The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity.
- […] he did not […] forget to write to Mark a stinging letter in which he stated that if he refused to accept his responsibilities he would see that an action for affiliation was brought against him.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 114
- If the defendant is adjudged to be the father, an affiliation order can be made under which he will be obliged to pay any expenses incidental to the birth and to pay a weekly sum for the maintenance and education of the child.1978, A.G. Chloros, editor, The Reform of Family Law in Europe, Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media
- A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.
affiliation meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
affiliation in Tamil
- இணைத்தல், இணைப்பு, சேர்த்தல், சேர்ப்பு, மூலம் காண்டல்
affiliation in Marathi
- संबद्धता
affiliation in Urdu
- affiliation
- سمبندھ sambandh
affiliation in Bengali
- The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another
- আসক্তি f সম্বন্ধিকরণ aśokti, বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের অন্তর্ভুক্তি biśśobiddaloẏer ontorbhukti, সমাজভুক্তি śomajobhukti
More languagesFewer languages
- affiliation in Malayalam
- സംയോജനം, സംയോഗം, അംഗമായി ചേരൽ, സംയോജിക്കൽ
- affiliation in Kannada
- ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆ, ಕೂಸುಟ್ಟುತೀರ್ಮಾನ
- affiliation in Punjabi
- ਐਫੀਲੀਏਸ਼ਨ
- affiliation in Gujarati
- સંલગ્નતા
- affiliation in Nepali
- संबद्धता
- affiliation in Arabic
- تَبَعِيَّة tabaʕiyya, اِنْتِمَاء intimāʔ
- affiliation in Indonesian
- afiliasi
Examples of affiliation in a sentence
- We have a close affiliation with the college.
- This is evidence in favor of a pre-Roman language affiliation between Sardinia and southern continental Europe.
- This doesn’t necessarily mean Christians are joining mainline congregations — the survey measures self-identification, not church affiliation.
Forms of affiliation
| plural | affiliations |
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Origin of affiliation
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”)).
Words formed from affiliation
Words that rhyme with affiliation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about affiliation
- What does affiliation mean?
- Affiliation means the relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
- What is affiliation in Tamil?
- Affiliation in Tamil is இணைத்தல், இணைப்பு, சேர்த்தல். See Affiliation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is affiliation?
- Affiliation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce affiliation?
- Affiliation is pronounced /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of affiliation?
- The plural of affiliation is affiliations.
Words near affiliation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: affiliation (page history and authors); affiliation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affiliation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سمبندھ (Urdu) (page history and authors); affiliation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); affiliation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); affiliation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affiliation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affiliation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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