Meaning of 'associate' (Webster Dictionary)
- Closely connected or joined with some other, as in
interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or
authority; as, an associate judge.
- Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges;
as, an associate member.
- Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions,
such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
- A companion; one frequently in company with another,
implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
- A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate
in a league.
- One connected with an association or institution without
the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of
the Royal Academy.
- Anything closely or usually connected with another; an
concomitant.
- To unite in company; to keep company, implying
intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
- To unite in action, or to be affected by the action
of a different part of the body.
- To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or
confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an
enterprise.
- To join or connect; to combine in acting; as,
particles of gold associated with other substances.
- To connect or place together in thought.
- To accompany; to keep company with.
Meaning of 'associate' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
Example in sentence:- associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners
Meaning (2):
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
Example in sentence:- comrades in arms;
- drinking companions
Meaning (3):
- any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
Example in sentence:- first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate
Meaning (4):
- a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
Example in sentence:- he had to consult his associate before continuing
Meaning (5):
- make a logical or causal connection
Example in sentence:- colligate these facts;
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind;
- I cannot relate these events at all
Meaning (6):
- keep company with; hang out with
Example in sentence:- He associates with strange people;
- She affiliates with her colleagues
Meaning (7):
- bring or come into association or action
Example in sentence:- The churches consociated to fight their dissolution
Meaning (8):
- having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
Example in sentence:- an associate member;
- an associate professor
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