to have an affinity with sb

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• affinity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ close, great, real, special, strong ▪ I felt a great affinity with the people of the islands. ▪ natural ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• affinity — [[t]əfɪ̱nɪti[/t]] affinities 1) N SING: also no det, with supp If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well. He has a close affinity with the landscape he… …   English dictionary

• Affinity chromatography — is a method of separating biochemical mixtures and based on a highly specific interaction such as that between antigen and antibody, enzyme and substrate, or receptor and ligand. Contents 1 Uses 2 Principle 3 Batch and column setup …   Wikipedia

• affinity — n. 1) to demonstrate, show (an) affinity 2) to feel; have (an) affinity 3) (a) close; elective; natural; strong affinity 4) affinity between; for; to; with (he always felt a close affinity with the underdog) * * * [ə fɪnɪtɪ] elective for have… …   Combinatory dictionary

• affinity — This word, from a Latin term meaning connection by marriage, refers to a natural liking for, or attraction to, another person. An affinity is a bond or tie of sympathy, feeling, or kinship and refers only to relations between people, not to… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Affinity (in Canon Law) —     Affinity (in Canon Law)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Affinity (in Canon Law)     A relationship arising from the carnal intercourse of a man and a woman, sufficient for the generation of children, whereby the man becomes related to the woman …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Affinity fraud — includes investment frauds that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are or pretend to be members of the group …   Wikipedia

• Affinity — Affinity, in etymology affinity is the opposite of infinity . These two words have the same root coming from the Latin: finis = end . “Affinity” meaning is near to the “finis” e.g. close to the “zero point” in a before assumed space. On the other …   Wikipedia

• Affinity spaces — are places where informal learning takes place. According to James Gee (the author of the term), affinity spaces are characterized by, among other things, the sharing of knowledge and expertise based on voluntary affiliations (Jenkins, 2006).… …   Wikipedia

• Affinity analysis — is a data analysis and data mining technique that discovers co occurrence relationships among activities performed by (or recorded about) specific individuals or groups. In general, this can be applied to any process where agents can be uniquely… …   Wikipedia