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Associate

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Noun

1. associate

a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

Example Sentences:
'he had to consult his associate before continuing'

2. associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

Example Sentences:
'drinking companions'
'comrades in arms'

3. associate

a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise

Example Sentences:
'associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners'

4. associate

any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

Example Sentences:
'first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate'

5. associate, associate degree

a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

Verb

6. associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in

make a logical or causal connection

Example Sentences:
'I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind'
'colligate these facts'
'I cannot relate these events at all'

7. affiliate, associate, assort, consort

keep company with; hang out with

Example Sentences:
'He associates with strange people'
'She affiliates with her colleagues'

8. associate, consociate

bring or come into association or action

Example Sentences:
'The churches consociated to fight their dissolution'

Adjective

9. associate

having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

Example Sentences:
'an associate member'
'an associate professor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Associate

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verb (əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt , -sɪ-) (usually foll by with)
1. (transitive)
to link or connect in the mind or imagination
to associate Christmas with fun
2. (intransitive)
to keep company; mix socially
to associate with writers
3. (intransitive)
to form or join an association, group, etc
4. (tr; usually passive)
to consider in conjunction; connect
rainfall is associated with humidity
5. (transitive)
to bring (a person, esp oneself) into friendship, partnership, etc
6. (tr; often passive)
to express agreement or allow oneself to be connected (with)
Bertrand Russell was associated with the peace movement
noun (əˈsəʊʃɪɪt , -ˌeɪt, -sɪ-)
7. 
a person joined with another or others in an enterprise, business, etc; partner; colleague
8. 
a companion or friend
9. 
something that usually accompanies another thing; concomitant
hope is an associate to happiness
10. 
a person having a subordinate position in or admitted to only partial membership of an institution, association, etc
adjective (əˈsəʊʃɪɪt , -ˌeɪt, -sɪ-) (prenominal)
11. 
joined with another or others in an enterprise, business, etc; having equal or nearly equal status
an associate director
12. 
having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
an associate member
13. 
accompanying; concomitant

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Associate

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verb transitiveWord forms: asˈsociˌated or asˈsociˌating
1. 
to join together; connect; combine
2. 
to bring (a person) into relationship with oneself or another as companion, partner, friend, etc.
3. 
to connect in the mind
to associate rain with grief
verb intransitive
4. 
to join (with another or others) as a companion, partner, friend, etc.
5. 
to join together; unite
noun
6. 
a person with whom one is associated; friend, partner, fellow worker, etc.
7. 
a member of less than full status, as of a society, institute, etc.
8. 
anything joined with another thing or things
9.  US
a degree or certificate granted by a junior college to those who have completed the regular two-year course
an Associate in (or of) Arts
adjective
10. 
joined with others in some venture, work, etc.
an associate justice
11. 
having less than full status
an associate membership
12. 
accompanying; connected

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Associate

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v. as·so·ci·at·ed, as·so·ci·at·ing, as·so·ci·ates
v.tr.
1. To connect in the mind or imagination: "I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn" (John Keats).
2. To connect or involve with a cause, group, or partner: Wasn't she associated with the surrealists?
3. To correlate or connect logically or causally: Asthma is associated with air pollution.
v.intr.
1. To join in or form a league, union, or association: The workers associated in a union.
2. To spend time socially; keep company: associates with her coworkers on weekends.
n. (-ĭt, -āt′)
1.
a. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
b. An employee, especially one in a subordinate position,
2. A companion; a comrade.
3. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
4. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
adj. (-ĭt, -āt′)
1. Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status: an associate editor.
2. Having partial status or privileges: an associate member of the club.
3. Following or accompanying; concomitant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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