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Is there any difference between 'to affiliate with' and 'to affiliate to'?

English Language & Usage Asked on May 11, 2021

When I was looking up the word ‘affiliate‘, the dictionary offered the example sentences which I’ve been really confused from.


The actual meaning of the word ‘affiliate’ is

  • to cause a group to become part of OR form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or oganization.

Now, which sentence applies to which meaning?

  1. A ​college affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
  2. The ​school is affiliated with a ​national ​association of ​driving
    schools.

I assume that the first sentence means that 2 schools have associated so now, they work as a whole and the second one refers to the fact, that these 2 companies have just a good relationship that helps them to be both more profitable. Am I right?

One Answer

There is no difference between affiliate to and affiliate with. Both prepositions can be used indifferently. I've seen "affiliate to" in relating two colleges or a college to a university. However, affiliate with is more common and used predominantly.

Answered by Kalim pk on May 11, 2021

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