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Associate

//əˈsəʊʃieɪt// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Joined with another or others and having lower status. not-comparable

    "The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post."

  2. 2
    Having partial status or privileges. not-comparable

    "He is an associate member of the club."

  3. 3
    Following or accompanying; concomitant. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Connected by habit or sympathy. dated, not-comparable

    "associate motions"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.

    "Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively."

  2. 2
    An associate's degree. slang
  3. 3
    a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies wordnet
  4. 4
    Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
  5. 5
    any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another wordnet
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  1. 6
    A companion; a comrade.
  2. 7
    a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor wordnet
  3. 8
    One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  4. 9
    a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise wordnet
  5. 10
    A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
  6. 11
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another wordnet
  7. 12
    One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
Verb
  1. 1
    To join in or form a league, union, or association. intransitive
  2. 2
    make a logical or causal connection wordnet
  3. 3
    To spend time socially; keep company. intransitive

    "She associates with her coworkers on weekends."

  4. 4
    bring or come into association or action wordnet
  5. 5
    To join as a partner, ally, or friend. transitive

    "He associated his name with many environmental causes."

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  1. 6
    keep company with; hang out with wordnet
  2. 7
    To connect or join together; combine. transitive

    "particles of gold associated with other substances"

  3. 8
    To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination. transitive

    "I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn."

  4. 9
    To endorse. reflexive

    "Mr. President, I rise to associate myself with the remarks of my senior Senator from Louisiana who has led this fight successfully for many years"

  5. 10
    To be associative.
  6. 11
    To accompany; to be in the company of. obsolete, transitive

    "Friends should associate friends in grief and woe"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From the substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Etymology 3

From Middle English associat(e) (“associated, allied”) (the verb *associaten is not found in Middle English writings and only attested at a later period), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of associe.

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