affiliation
pronunciation
How to pronounce affiliation in British English:
UK [əˌfɪliˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce affiliation in American English:
US [əˌfɪliˈeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a social or business relationship
- the act of becoming formally connected or joined
Word Origin
- affiliation (n.)
- 1751, "adoption," from French affiliation, from Medieval Latin affiliationem (nominative affiliatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin affiliare "to adopt a son," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + filius "son" (see filial). Figurative sense of "adoption by a society, of branches" first recorded 1799 (the verb affiliate in this sense is from 1761).
Example
- 1. Whatever their affiliation , africans have a deep sense of the spiritual .
- 2. All then watched a 35-minute film designed to make people feel affiliation and intimacy .
- 3. If so , his affiliation proved temporary ; he returned to rio with around 70 slaves in tow .
- 4. My passport says I am a citizen of the european union , but this is an administrative affiliation , not an emotional attachment .
- 5. It estimates that 5.8 billion adults and children-around 84 % of the world population in 2010-have some kind of religious affiliation .