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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

as·so·ci·ate

[v. uh-soh-shee-eyt, -see-; n., adj., uh-soh-shee-it, -eyt, -see-] Pronunciation Key verb, -at·ed, -at·ing, noun, adjective

–verb (used with object)

1.	to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.

2.	to join as a companion, partner, or ally: to associate oneself with a cause.

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

–verb (used without object)

4.	to enter into union; unite.

5.	to keep company, as a friend, companion, or ally: He was accused of associating with known criminals.

6.	to join together as partners or colleagues.

–noun

7.	a person who shares actively in anything as a business, enterprise, or undertaking; partner; colleague; fellow worker: He consulted with his associates before proceeding further.

8.	a companion or comrade: my most intimate associates.

9.	a confederate; an accomplice or ally: criminal associates.

10.	anything usually accompanying or associated with another; an accompaniment or concomitant.

11.	a person who is admitted to a subordinate degree of membership in an association or institution: an associate of the Royal Academy.

–adjective

12.	connected, joined, or related, esp. as a companion or colleague; having equal or nearly equal responsibility: an associate partner.

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

14.	allied; concomitant.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L associātus joined to, united with (ptp. of associāre), equiv. to as- as- + soci- (see social) + -ātus -ate¹; cf. AF associer (v.), associé (n.)

]

—Related forms

as·so·ci·ate·ship, noun

—Synonyms 1. link. 7, 8. See acquaintance.

—Antonyms 1. dissociate. 7–9. adversary.

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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

as·so·ci·ate   (ə-sō'shē-āt', -sē-) Pronunciation Key
v.   as·so·ci·at·ed, as·so·ci·at·ing, as·so·ci·ates

v.   tr.

To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
To connect or join together; combine.
To connect in the mind or imagination: "I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn" (John Keats).

v. intr.

To join in or form a league, union, or association. See Synonyms at join.
To spend time socially; keep company: associates with her coworkers on weekends.

n. (-ĭt, -āt')

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or 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.
often Associate An associate's degree.

adj. (-ĭt, -āt')

Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status: an associate editor.
Having partial status or privileges: an associate member of the club.
Following or accompanying; concomitant.

[Middle English associaten, from Latin associāre, associāt- : ad-, ad- + socius, companion; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
associate (v.)

1398, from L. associatus pp. of associare "join with," from ad- "to" + sociare "unite with," from socius "companion." The noun is first recorded 1533. Association "body of persons combined for some common purpose" is from 1659; meaning "mental connection" is from 1690.

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associate
adjective
1.	having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
noun
1.	a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
2.	a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion]
3.	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.	any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
5.	a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: associate degree]
verb
1.	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" [ant: decouple]
2.	keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort]
3.	bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: consociate]

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ¹as·so·ci·ate
Pronunciation: &-'sO-s(h)E-"At
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
transitive senses
1 : to join or connect (things) together
2 : to bring together in a relationship associated with a rise in body temperature> associate intransitive senses
1 : to combine or join with other parts associate with motor neurons —S. J. Jacob & C. A. Francone>
2 : to engage in free association associated freely about his childhood>

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Main Entry: ²as·so·ciate
Pronunciation: &-'sO-s(h)E-&t, -sh&t, -s(h)E-"At
Function: adjective
: ranking immediatelybelow the senior or chief position <associate clinical professor of medicine> <associate medical examiner>

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ³as·so·ciate
Pronunciation: like²
Function: noun
1 : a research worker or teacher affiliatedwith a professional organization or institution and ranking below a professor or full member associate in pathology>
2 often capitalized : adegree conferred especially by a junior college Associate in Technical Arts degree in nursing —Skagit Valley College Catalog>

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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: as·so·ciate
Pronunciation: &-'sO-shE-&t, -sE-&t, -sh&t
Function: noun
: a lawyer employed by a law firm —comparePARTNER

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Associate

As*so"cia*ble\, a. [See Associate.]

1. Capable of being associated or joined.

We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another. --H. Spencer.

2. Sociable; companionable. [Obs.]

3. (Med.) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.

The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body. --Med. Rep.

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Associate

As*so"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Associated; p. pr. & vb. n. Associating.] [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 us in business, or in an enterprise.

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 as long as our language. --Macaulay.

4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.]

Friends should associate friends in grief and woe. --Shak.

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Associate

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.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Associate

As*so"ci*ate\, a. [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.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. --E. Darwin.

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