affiliated

Thân thiện

The two clubs are affiliated and share a meeting room.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being joined in close association: Describes entities that are formally connected or associated with a larger organization, group, or body, often while maintaining some degree of separate identity.
   • Officially attached or connected: Indicates a subordinate or secondary relationship where one entity is a branch, chapter, or member of another.

Usage

• The adjective "affiliated" is used to describe the relationship between organizations, institutions, or groups. It is typically followed by the preposition "with" to specify the parent or primary organization.
• It is a formal term common in business, academic, and organizational contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The research institute is affiliated with the university.
  • She works for a news agency affiliated with the network.
  • All affiliated clubs must follow the national organization's rules.

Advanced Usage

• "to be affiliated to/with": The standard construction to show the connection.
  • The hospital is affiliated to a medical school for training purposes.
• Used to describe less formal but recognized connections.
  • He is affiliated with several professional societies.

Variants and Related Words

• Affiliate (verb): To officially attach or connect an organization to a larger one.
  • The local chapter voted to affiliate with the national union.
• Affiliation (noun): The state of being affiliated; the connection or link itself.
  • Her professional affiliation is listed on the website.

Synonyms

• Associated: Connected or linked, often in a less formal or official sense.
• Connected: Joined or linked together.
• Attached: Being part of or belonging to a larger organization.

Antonyms

• Independent: Not influenced or controlled by others; not affiliated.
• Unaffiliated: Not officially attached or connected to any organization.
• Separate: Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Related Phrases

• Affiliated member: A member who belongs through a connected organization rather than directly.
  • As an affiliated member, she receives some benefits from the main association.
• Affiliated company: A company that is related to another company, usually through share ownership but not to the degree of a subsidiary.
  • The profits were shared among the parent company and its affiliated companies.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. being joined in close association
   • affiliated clubs
   • all art schools whether independent or attached to universities

Từ đồng nghĩa

• attached
• connected