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uh-FIL-ee-ayt/əˈfɪlieɪt/

To affiliate is to connect a person or group officially with a larger body: affiliate to a union, an affiliated centre. Attach is everyday; independent sits opposite. As a noun, an affiliate is the linked body — stress changes. Ethics cover belongs in the same minute as the link, not in a later mood.

Meaning

To connect a person or group officially with a larger organisation (affiliate to/with).

Examples

• “Affiliate the centre to the faculty only with ethics cover in the same minute.”
• “Attach is everyday. Join is looser. An organogram is the drawing. A protocol is the duty. Draw the line on the chart only when the ethics cell is filled.”

Good to know

Link officially to a larger body. Everyday: attach. Noun: an affiliate (the linked body). A chart line ≠ skipped ethics.

Near in meaning

attach

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