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Spell Bee Word: Affiliation


What does affiliation mean?

Word: Affiliation

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Affiliation means an official link or membership between a person or group and a larger organisation.

Synonyms: connection, link, membership

How do you spell affiliation?

Syllables: af - fil - i - a - tion

Tricky part: The f doubles but the l does not.

Watch out for: afiliation, affilliation, afilliation

Memory tip: An affiliation links two groups, so start with two f's: aff.

Affiliation in a sentence

Example 1: Our school's affiliation to the CBSE was renewed this year.

Example 2: The club lost its affiliation after it stopped paying fees.

Example 3: Players must state their club affiliation on the entry form.

Fun Fact

Affiliation comes from Latin affiliare, to adopt as a son, from filius, son. Filial, meaning to do with a son or daughter, shares that root.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

aff_l_ation

a) a, i
b) i, i
c) e, i
d) i, e

Show answer

b) i, i. Both gaps take i, one on each side of the l.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) admission
b) affiliasion
c) explosion
d) pronunciation

Show answer

b) affiliasion. Pronunciation, explosion and admission are all spelt correctly; affiliation needs t-i-o-n at the end.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

affiliation

a) rivalry
b) separation
c) absence
d) association

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d) association. An affiliation is an association with a group.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A college's affiliation to a university means the college ____.

a) competes with it for students
b) was built before it
c) follows its courses and exams
d) is far away from it

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c) follows its courses and exams

2. A person's political affiliation tells you ____.

a) how many votes they won
b) which party they belong to
c) how long they have voted
d) which town they were born in

Show answer

b) which party they belong to

Associated Words

Words that end in -ation: clarification, taxation, imagination, emigration, investigation, allocation

More words from this list

broadband, embryo, gyroscope, logistics, persuade, shoal, unsustainable, affluent

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