affiliation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a social or business relationship
a valuable financial affiliation
Types & categories
- relationship hypernym
Related & opposite
- tie derivation
- affiliate derivation
- consociate derivation
- bond derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of becoming formally connected or joined
welcomed the affiliation of the research center with the university
Types & categories
- association hypernym
- reaffiliation hyponym
Related & opposite
- affiliate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tie |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consociate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bond |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | relationship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | affiliate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | association |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reaffiliation |