The meaning of Affiliation

verb

Place or arrange (things) in a straight line.

Usage examples:

The desks are aligned in straight rows facing forwards

verb

Present participle of align

Usage examples:

When you've aligned the notch on the gun with the target, fire!, align the ruler and the middle of …

verb

Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

Usage examples:

He allied his racing experience with his father's business acumen

noun

A state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

Usage examples:

Debate continued among nato allies

phrasal verb

To start to support someone

Usage examples:

He allied himself with the left of the party.

verb

Combine or unite to form one organization or structure.

Usage examples:

He amalgamated his company with another

verb

Present participle of amalgamate

Usage examples:

The electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians' union., the different offic…

noun

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

Usage examples:

The threat of amalgamation with another college

verb

Add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.

Usage examples:

The first ten amendments were annexed to the constitution in 1791

noun

A building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation.

Usage examples:

The school's one-storey wooden annex

noun

An addition to a document.

Usage examples:

An annex to the report

verb

Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.

Usage examples:

I associated wealth with freedom

noun

A partner or companion in business or at work.

Usage examples:

A close associate of the minister

noun

A person with limited or subordinate membership of an organization.

Usage examples:

An associate of the linnaean society

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

verb

Present participle of attach

Usage examples:

I attached a photo to my application form., use this cable to attach the printer to the computer., …

noun

The establishment of a relationship or link with someone based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences.

Usage examples:

We were friendly to each other, but there was no bonding

adjective

Having the function of joining things securely, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.

Usage examples:

A bonding agent

verb

Join or be joined securely to something else, especially by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure.

Usage examples:

Press the material to bond the layers together

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

adjective

Joining or linking things together, especially so as to provide access and communication.

Usage examples:

He went back to his office, leaving the connecting door open

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

adjective

Joining or being joined

Usage examples:

There's a connecting walkway between the buildings., connecting rooms

abbreviation

Feminine.

symbol

(in units of measurement) femto- (10−15).

Usage examples:

The detection limits of the enzymatic activity tests are between 10 and 500 fg per test

noun

The sixth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

They are guaranteed f's if they goof around

verb

(with reference to a number of states or organizations) form or be formed into a single centralized unit, within which each state or organization keeps some internal autonomy.

Usage examples:

In 1901 the six colonies federated to form the commonwealth of australia

adjective

Relating to a federated state or organization.

Usage examples:

Federate armies

verb

Present participle of federate

verb

Take in or contain (something) as part of a whole; include.

Usage examples:

He has incorporated in his proposals a number of measures

adjective

Having a bodily form; embodied.

Usage examples:

Through an incorporate resilience, slighted confidence restores itself

verb

Present participle of incorporate

Usage examples:

Suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into/in the final design., this aircraft incorpo…

noun

The inclusion of something as part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The software facilitates the incorporation of active learning in the course

noun

The act of including something within something else

Usage examples:

The incorporation of the family business

noun

The act of making a company or organization into a legal corporation (= a particular type of company)

Usage examples:

A certificate of incorporation of a limited liability partnership, the number of incorporations reg…

adjective

(of an instrument) indicating the mean value or total sum of a measured quantity.

Usage examples:

Integrating microdensitometer

verb

Combine (one thing) with another to form a whole.

Usage examples:

Transport planning should be integrated with energy policy

verb

Present participle of integrate

Usage examples:

He seems to find it difficult to integrate socially., it's very difficult to integrate yourself int…

noun

The action or process of integrating.

Usage examples:

Economic and political integration

noun

The process of combining two or more things into one

Usage examples:

Integration across sth we need to reduce the differences between local units, with the aim of great…

verb

Link; connect.

Usage examples:

The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

Usage examples:

It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

verb

Present participle of join

Usage examples:

A long suspension bridge joins the two islands., join the two pieces together using strong glue., t…

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

Present participle of merge

Usage examples:

They decided to merge the two companies into one., the country's two biggest banks are planning to …

verb

Come or bring together for a common purpose or action.

Usage examples:

He called on the party to unite

verb

Present participle of unite

Usage examples:

If the opposition groups unite, they may will command over 55 percent of the vote., if ever a dance…