1. A subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization
   "network affiliates"
    
2. A subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
   "The company expanded its reach through a network of affiliates across the country"

1. Join in an affiliation
   "The two colleges affiliated"; "They affiliated with a national group"
    
2. Keep company with; hang out with
   "She affiliates with her colleagues";
   - consort, associate, assort

Derived forms: affiliated, affiliates, affiliating

Type of: associate, fall in, interact, join, org [informal], organisation [Brit], organization

Encyclopedia: Affiliate