Word of the Day: AFFILIATE

As close as family

affiliate (verb) – to connect, unite, or bring into close association; to adopt; to associate closely with [uh-fil-ee-eyt]

BREAKDOWN: AF- (towards) + FILI- (son) + -ATE (to make)

• an affiliate is a branch, subsidiary, or associate

• affiliation is the act or state of association or being associated

• filial means of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter

“We have a deep need to affiliate, to be around people, and no creature on earth spends as much of its life depending on others as we do” —Linda Blair

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