affiliate
verb
• officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization.
• "they are national associations affiliated to larger organizations"
Similar:
associate with,
be in league with,
unite with,
combine with,
join with,
join up with,
join forces with,
ally with,
form an alliance with,
align with,
amalgamate with,
merge with,
coalesce with,
federate with,
confederate with,
form a federation with,
form a confederation with,
team up with,
band together with,
cooperate with,
annex to,
attach to,
yoke to,
incorporate into,
integrate into,
associated,
allied,
related,
integrated,
amalgamated,
incorporated,
federated,
confederated,
unified,
connected,
linked,
joined,
bound,
belonging,
in league,
in partnership,
affiliate
noun
• a person or organization officially attached to a larger body.
• "the firm established links with American affiliates"
Origin:
mid 18th century: from medieval Latin affiliat- ‘adopted as a son’, from the verb affiliare, from ad- ‘towards’ + filius ‘son’.
