to affiliate

Examples

• All

• As expected, students tended to affiliate in peer clusters with others who were similar to them.

  Academic text (1994)

• Note, however, that these banks were free to affiliate with investment banking firms.

  Academic text (1998)

• Nobody goes in and nobody comes out without being affiliated with that crew.

  Caught in the Crossfire (2010)

• During his tenure in medical school, he continued to affiliate himself with physical education in his spare time.

  Academic text (1996)

• Lawyers of all ages have begun to affiliate with firms in this new way.

  Academic text (1995)

• In addition, students who were aggressive tended to affiliate with other students who were aggressive.

  Academic text (1999)

• In addition, we expected that students who shared basic configurations would affiliate with each other in peer social groups.

  Academic text (1999)

• The results of this study suggest that students with EBD do affiliate with peers in mainstream classrooms.

  Academic text (1994)

• The boys with EBD did affiliate with peers who tended toward aggressive and disruptive behavior.

  Academic text (1994)

• Conversely, elementary school girls whose configurations indicated that they were at-risk tended to affiliate with at-risk peer groups.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

A

to associate

vsto affiliate

222 3.3

To spend time with a particular group of people

is about a close, personal bond rather than mere regular contact

C

to consort

vsto affiliate

• Formal

18 7.5

To spend time with people other people disapprove of

is about accepted close companionship rather than relationships seen as improper

C

to consort with

vsto affiliate

• Formal

12 7.9

Spend time with people others may disapprove of

is about close accepted ties rather than doubtful or frowned upon company

Antonyms

I

to isolate

256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

S

to seclude

2 6.7

To keep somebody away from other people

How Close

to affiliate

12 4.8

to make time with

1 7.5

to associate

104 3.6

to join

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology