associate
(adjective) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; “an associate member”; “an associate professor”
associate
(noun) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; “first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate”
associate
(noun) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; “he had to consult his associate before continuing”
associate
(noun) 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”
companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another; “drinking companions”; “comrades in arms”
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
(verb) 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”
consociate, associate
(verb) bring or come into association or action; “The churches consociated to fight their dissolution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
associate (not comparable)
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
Having partial status or privileges.
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
(biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
associate (plural associates)
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
A companion; a comrade.
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
(algebra) 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).
• See also associate
associate (third-person singular simple present associates, present participle associating, simple past and past participle associated)
(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
(transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
Synonyms: attach, join, put together, unite, Thesaurus:join
(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
(reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
(mathematics) To be associative.
(transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.
• disassociate
Associate (plural Associates)
(slang) An associate's degree.
Source: Wiktionary
As*so"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Associated; p. pr. & vb. n. Associating.] Etym: [L. associatus, p. p. of associare; ad + sociare to join or unite, socius companion. See Social.]
1. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with .
2. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
3. To connect or place together in thought. He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last an long as our language. Macaulay.
4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.] Friends should associate friends in grief and woe. Shak.
As*so"ci*ate, v. i.
1. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
2. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body. E. Darwin.
As*so"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. associatus, p. p.]
1. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers. Milton.
2. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. E. Darwin.
As*so"ci*ate, n.
1. A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
3. One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
4. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant. The one [idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it. Locke.
Syn.
– Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner; coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
