Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AFFILIATE
affiliate
(noun) a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization; “network affiliates”
affiliate
(noun) a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization
affiliate
(verb) join in an affiliation; “The two colleges affiliated”; “They affiliated with a national group”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
affiliate (plural affiliates)
Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
Verb
affiliate (third-person singular simple present affiliates, present participle affiliating, simple past and past participle affiliated)
(transitive) To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
(transitive) to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
• I. Taylor
(transitive, said of an illegitimate child) To fix the paternity of
(transitive) To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
• H. Spencer
(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Affiliating.] Etym: [LL. adfiliare, affiliare, to adopt as son; ad + filius son: cf. F. affilier.]
1. To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally. Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion I. Taylor.
2. To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.
3. To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to. How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes H. Spencer.
4. To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with. Affiliated societies, societies connected with a central society, or with each other.
Af*fil"i*ate, v. i.
Definition: To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
5 April 2025
SET
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
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