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Definition of 'Associate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) associate
to connect or bring into relation in thought, feeling, memory, etc.:
to associate rainy days with depression.

2.  associate
to align or commit (oneself) as a companion, partner, or colleague.

3.  associate
to unite; combine:
coal associated with shale.

4. (v.i.) associate
to keep company as a friend, companion, or ally.

5.  associate
to join together as partners or colleagues.

6.  associate
to enter into union; unite.

7. (n.) associate
a person who shares actively in an enterprise; partner; colleague; coworker.

8.  associate
a companion; comrade.

9.  associate
anything usu. accompanying or associated with another; accompaniment; concomitant.

10.  associate
a person admitted to a subordinate degree of membership in an association or institution.

11. (adj.) associate
connected, joined, or related, esp. as a companion or colleague; having equal or nearly equal responsibility.

12.  associate
having subordinate status; without full rights and privileges:
an associate member.

13.  associate
allied; concomitant.

Etymology: (1400–50; < L associātus, ptp. of associāre to join <as-as-+sociāre to attach <socius companion (cf. social ))

Definition of 'Associate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) associate
a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
"he had to consult his associate before continuing"

2. (noun) companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

3. (noun) associate
a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
"associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"

4. (noun) associate
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
"first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"

5. (adj) associate degree, associate
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

6. (verb) associate(a)
having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
"an associate member"; "an associate professor"

7. (verb) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
make a logical or causal connection
"I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

8. (verb) consort, associate, affiliate, assort
keep company with; hang out with
"He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

9. (verb) consociate, associate
bring or come into association or action
"The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

Definition of 'Associate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) associate
to connect or relate two things or people
Animals learn to associate good behavior with praise.

Definition of 'Associate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Associate
closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge

2. (adj) Associate
admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member

3. (adj) Associate
connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

4. (noun) Associate
a companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow

5. (noun) Associate
a partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league

6. (noun) Associate
one connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy

7. (noun) Associate
anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant

8. (verb) Associate
to join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise

9. (verb) Associate
to join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances

10. (verb) Associate
to connect or place together in thought

11. (verb) Associate
to accompany; to keep company with

12. (verb) Associate
to unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate

13. (verb) Associate
to unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body

Translation of 'Associate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to connect in the mind He always associated the smell of tobacco with his father.
Afrikaans: assosieer	Arabic: يَربُط	Bulgarian: свързвам
Brazilian: associar	Czech: spojovat si	German: verbinden
Danish: forbinde; associere	Greek: συσχετίζω	Spanish: asociar
Estonian: seostama	Farsi: تداعی کردن	Finnish: yhdistää
French: associer	Hebrew: לְקַשֶר	Hindi: जुड़ना
Croatian: povezivati	Hungarian: összekapcsol, társít	Indonesian: menghubungkan
Icelandic: tengja	Italian: associare	Japanese: 結びつけて考える
Korean: 연결지어 생각하다	Lithuanian: susieti	Latvian: savienot
Malay: kaitkan	Dutch: associa aren	Norwegian: forbinde med, assosiere
Polish: kojarzyć	Persian: تداعی کردن	Pashto: یوځای کیدل
Portuguese: associar	Romanian: a asocia	Russian: ассоциировать(ся)
Slovak: spájať si	Slovenian: povezovati	Serbian: asocirati, vezati za
Swedish: associera	Thai: เชื่อมโยงทางความคิด	Turkish: çağrışım yapmak, çağrıştı
Taiwanese: 將...與…聯想在一起	Ukrainian: пов'язувати	Urdu: ذہنی تعلق ہونا
Vietnamese: liên tưởng	Chinese: 把...联想起来
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