associateadj.n.
/əˈsəʊʃ(ɪ)ət/, /əˈsəʊsɪət/, U.S. /əˈsoʊsiət/, /əˈsoʊʃiət/ A. adj. = associated adj.
1. Joined in companionship, function, or dignity.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective]
conversanta1340
associate1398
consociate1471
sociate1526
adjoinate1543
conjoined1570
consortinga1592
conjunct1597
combined1603
commercing1610
associated1611
bound up in or with1611
comitant1614
unsequestered1654
cohering1665
consociated1671
mingling1812
combinatea1861
associatory1880
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. v. 32 Angels ben..assocyat and couplyd togyders in the joyefull companye of god.
a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. H2 With him is Edmund gone associate?
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 33 Christ our Sauiour, equall and associat to his father.
1822 N. Amer. Rev. 14 51 M. Stuart, Associate Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary at Andover.
1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (new ed.) xix. 377 The Supreme Court..is composed of a president and six associate judges.
1891 D. C. Gilman Johns Hopkins Univ. 60 The persons below named have been appointed associate professors.
1896 J. L. Ford Lit. Shop (ed. 3) vi. 62 Mr. Johnson..in his capacity of associate editor of the Century Magazine.
1900 Daily News 14 Nov. 6/3 Associate-editor of the ‘Engineer’.
1905 N.Y. Evening Post 25 Dec. The additional class is that of associate professors. All assistant professors under the old order were made ‘associate’.
1931 H. F. Pringle Theodore Roosevelt ii. xii. 432 The Outlook office where the ex-President was an associate editor.
2. Joined in league, allied, confederate.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [adjective] > associated for common purpose
federeda1382
confedered1528
conjunct1529
adjoinate1543
confederate1555
in league with1565
associate1600
banded1601
combined1603
colleagued1605
confederated1605
contesserate1606
conjunctivea1616
conspired1619
coalesced1765
co-allied1765
leagued1781
federalized1793
federated1793
in cahoot(s) (with)18..
interleagued1844
federal1867
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xiii. 556 All the associate and confederate [sociis] cities thereabout.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 395 While I Descend through Darkness..To my associate Powers. View more context for this quotation
1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvi. 367 Amphinomus survey'd th' associate band.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix If ought of patriot enterprise required Associate firmness.
3. United in the same group or category, allied; concomitant.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective] > united in the same class
associate1750
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 90. ⁋9 They want some associate sounds to make them harmonious.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 264 Faith, understood in the most comprehensive sense, as including the two associate virtues.
1880 J. E. Garretson (title) A system of oral surgery:..surgery of the mouth, jaws, and associate parts.
B. n. [the adjective used absolutely.]
1. One who is united to another by community of interest, and shares with him in enterprise, business, or action; a partner, comrade, companion.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > colleague or fellow-worker
fellowOE
consort1419
confrerec1425
companionc1523
labour-fellow1526
yokefellow1526
colleaguea1533
associate1533
adjunct1554
yokemate1567
colleagen1579
co-agenta1600
co-operatora1600
collateralc1600
co-workman1619
co-workera1643
partner1660
co-operatrix1674
co-agitator1683
co-adjoint1689
adjoint1738
side-partner1845
co-operatress1865
maugh1868
with-worker1884
1533 T. More Apol. xliv, in Wks. 914/2 I woulde not greatly wish to be..their associate in anye suche confederacies.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. b3v Collonel Rushner and his assotiates in Holland, their proposals concerning Waterworks.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 200 My dear associates, here indulge your rest.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 651 These men, more wretched than their associates who suffered death.
2. A companion in arms, ally, confederate.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > ally
allyc1425
alliancec1475
help1490
lyance1502
fellow helper?1531
confederator1536
confederate1548
league-friend1556
league-fellow1561
alliant1565
associate1569
co-ally1606
colleague1670
alliancer1694
colleaguera1734
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 232 For the receyuing of him, his associates and armie.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 39 This hapned the yeare before the war of our Associates.
1849 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) vii. 26 His associates soon turned the tide of the battle.
3. One who shares an office or position of authority with another; a colleague, coadjutor. spec. An officer of the Superior Courts of Common Law in England, ‘whose duties are to superintend the entering of causes, to attend sittings at nisi prius, and there receive and enter verdicts,’ etc. (Warton.)(In accordance with the statutes of Edward I and Edward II, the commissions of the judges on circuit were accompanied by writs of association, directing certain persons (usually the clerk of assize and his subordinate officers) to associate themselves with the justices and serjeants in order to take the assizes. (Stephens.) Up to 1879 there were 3 Associates in London, and 8 in the provinces, one for each Circuit. By the Supreme Court of Judicature Act of that year, the Associates in London were abolished, and made Masters of the Supreme Court. Their clerical duties are now carried out by the Associates Department of the Supreme Court.)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] > one sharing office with another
associate1552
society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts
alderman1275
steward of the manor1303
Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425
remembrancer1451
augmentationer1550
associate1552
procurator-fiscal1564
proctor-fiscal1565
chafer1587
custos brevium1589
examiner1594
chafe-wax1607
exceptor1728
procurator general1740
Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769
Pundit of the Supreme Court1827
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Associat in auctoritie, or put in ioynt commissioun, Assessor.
1593 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia 170 They persuade the king..to make Plangus his associate in government.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2014/6 The Mayor, Associate, Justices of the Peace, Aldermen.
1862 S. Prentice Chitty's Archbold's Pract. Court Queen's Bench (ed. 11) I. 7 There is an associate in each Court appointed by the chief justice and chief baron respectively.
4. One who is frequently in company with another, on terms of social equality and intimacy; an intimate acquaintance, companion, mate.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun]
yferec870
brothereOE
ymonec950
headlingOE
ferec975
fellowOE
friendOE
eveningOE
evenlinglOE
even-nexta1225
compeerc1275
monec1300
companiona1325
partnerc1330
peerc1330
neighbour?c1335
falec1380
matec1380
makec1385
companya1425
sociatec1430
marrow1440
partyc1443
customera1450
conferec1450
pareil?c1450
comparcionerc1475
resortc1475
socius1480
copartner?1504
billy?a1513
accomplice1550
panion1553
consorterc1556
compartner1564
co-mate1576
copemate1577
competitor1579
consociate1579
coach-companion1589
comrade1591
consort1592
callant1597
comrado1598
associate1601
coach-fellow1602
rival1604
social1604
concomitanta1639
concerner1639
consociator1646
compane1647
societary1652
bor1677
socius1678
interessora1687
companioness1691
rendezvouser1742
connection1780
frater1786
matey1794
pardner1795
left bower1829
running mate1867
stable companion1868
pard1872
buddy1895
maat1900
bro1922
stable-mate1941
bredda1969
Ndugu1973
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Avj No meane Cumrades, no base associates.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 41 One of my Lords most intimate associates . View more context for this quotation
1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 111 We become familiar with the upper views, tastes, and tempers of our associates.
5. One who belongs to an association or institution in a subordinate degree of membership, without the honours and privileges of a full member or ‘Fellow.’Commonly expressed by A.: as A.R.A., Associate of the Royal Academy, A.L.S. Associate of the Linnæan Society.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > subordinate member
sub-member1804
associate1812
1812 Examiner 9 Nov. 714/2 [They] have..been elected Associates of the Royal Academy.
1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xix. 207 The eight foreign associates of the Academy of Sciences.
6. A thing placed or found in conjunction with another.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [noun] > that which accompanies
purtenancea1382
accessory1429
retinue?a1439
accessaryc1475
companion1533
annexe?1541
hanger-ona1555
supply1567
copemate1581
complement1586
fere1593
adjective1597
annexment1604
annexary1605
attendant1607
adherence1610
adjacent1610
wife1616
fellower1620
coincident1626
attendancy1654
associate1658
appanage1663
conjunct1667
perquisite1667
familiar1668
satellite1702
accompaniment1709
accompanying1761
side dish1775
obbligato1825
shadow1830
rider1859
gadget1917
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 35 A way to make wood perpetuall, and a fit associat for metall.
1879 G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 111/1 It is an almost constant associate of lead that we look for our supply of British silver.
7. Psychology. An idea, or other mental content, connected with another by any of the forms of association.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of ideas > association of ideas > [noun] > connected idea
associate1700
association1809
1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxxiii. 222 The one [idea] no sooner at any time comes into the Understanding, but its Associate appears with it.
1880 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 207 In the trance-subject's mind any simple suggestion will be both believed and acted on, because none of its usual associates are awakened.
1931 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 279 The effect of partial elimination of associates on order of precedence in respect of memory.
Draft additions September 2016
associate professor n. originally North American a professor associated with a particular college or university; (now spec.) a university professor ranking below a full professor and above an assistant professor.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > professor
professorc1400
Doctor of the Chair1528
professoress1744
associate professor1812
adjoint professor1828
full professor1852
1812 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (ed. 6) I. 317 John Norris, of Salem, who gave..$10,000, for the support of an associate professor, and of theological students.
1841 Baptist Missionary Mag. Jan. 3/1 At five in the afternoon we found the company assembled at his residence, consisting of an Associate Professor in the University, and his lady [etc.].
1924 M. V. O'Shea Child 495 He was associate professor of nervous and mental diseases in Chicago Policlinic during 1903–16.
1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Sept. 1/3 John Morgan-Jones, an associate professor of botany at the University of Toronto, found the mushrooms..in a wooded area.
2013 Atlantic June 20/2 Gestures can generally be sorted into two categories, according to Spencer Kelly, an associate professor of psychology at Colgate University.
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associatev.
/əˈsəʊʃɪeɪt/, /əˈsəʊsɪeɪt/, U.S. /əˈsoʊsiˌeɪt/, /əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. To join (persons, or one person with (to archaic) another), in (to obsolete) common purpose, action, or condition; to link together, unite, combine, ally, confederate.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate with for common purpose [verb (transitive)] > bring into association
allyc1325
confeder1380
sociea1387
associate1398
sociate1485
companya1500
band1530
confederate1532
aggregate1534
colleague1535
join1560
enter1563
bandy1597
league1611
colligate1613
club1656
fraternize1656
federalize1787
brigade1831
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. v. 32 Angels ben..assocyat and couplyd togyders in the joyefull companye of god.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxvii. f. lxiiiv He..associate vnto hym certeyn wanton persones.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark viii. 34 (R.) Yf he intende to be associate wyth me in blisse.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. Table Quot. She was associated unto him in marriage.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 436 To associate him to the worke which himselfe and Paul went about.
1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 13 None but Papists are associated against him.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. xvi. 394 The troops..associating to them all the disorderly people.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 260 Arnulf..associated his son..with him in his government.
b. To elect as associate: see associate n. 5.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [verb (transitive)] > admit as member
incorporate1530
adopt1538
enrol1623
aggregate1651
associate1806
1806 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 4 582 He..was associated to the royal Academy there.
1859 S. A. Allibone Crit. Dict. Eng. Lit. I. 43/1 The Royal College of Physicians associated him [Akenside] as a licentiate.
2.
a. transitive. To join, combine in action, unite (things together, or one thing with another). (Mostly reflexive or passive.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)]
compoundc1384
combind1477
consolidate1511
combinea1535
conjoin1554
consociate1566
associate1578
mingle1587
symbolize1590
compack1605
cojoina1616
to run into ——1640
to put together1651
amalgamate1802
integrate1802
conferruminate1826
amalgam1827
synthetize1828
synthesize1830
portmanteau1902
team1939
synchronize1973
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)]
gatherc725
fayOE
samc1000
join1297
conjoinc1374
enjoinc1384
assemble1393
compound1393
sociea1398
annex?c1400
ferec1400
marrowc1400
combinec1440
annectc1450
piece?c1475
combind1477
conjunge1547
associate1578
knit1578
sinew1592
splinter1597
patch1604
accouple1605
interjoina1616
withjoina1627
league1645
contignate1651
to bring on1691
splice1803
pan1884
suture1886
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 70 The thyrd veyne of the ventricle is very small, not associated with any Arterie.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 352 The inspired Air..does there associate it self with the Exhalations of the circulating Blood.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 158. ⁋7 Faults are endured without disgust when they are associated with transcendent merit.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 80 The muscles..act in groups, being associated together by the organization of the nervous centres.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 72 This vapour is intimately associated with the other constituents of the atmosphere.
b. To connect in idea.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > occur to [verb (transitive)] > connect
associate1766
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. vi. 214 They associate the ideas of pain to those lessons.
1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 2) i. iii. 68 The very name of God is associated in the human mind with fear.
1870 M. D. Conway Earthward Pilgrimage xvii. 213 Who could associate rose-leaves with hell-fires?
3.
a. reflexive in sense of 4. Const. as in 1, 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (reflexive)]
ally?a1400
fellowc1425
accompanya1470
associatea1513
band1530
confederate1531
join1535
rely1577
interleague1590
bandy1597
colleague1599
identify1780
solidarize1888
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxii. f. cxxxiiv Algarus..the whiche assosiat hym with Gryffyne kynge or Duke of Walys.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. viii. 9 Associate your selues, O ye people, and yee shalbe broken in pieces. View more context for this quotation
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 340 He associated himself as a member of their fraternity.
1788–94 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) I. 2 By associating ourselves to the authors of our existence.
b. To make oneself a partner in (a matter).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (reflexive)]
join13..
fellowshipa1382
adjoin1533
to put together1556
piece1579
sort1579
mixture1582
troopa1592
consort1597
identify1718
associate1881
1881 Gladstone in Times 17 May 7/3 It is for me..to associate myself with the answer previously given by the Under-Secretary.
4. intransitive.
a. To combine for a common purpose, to join or form an association.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > associate for common purpose [verb (intransitive)]
jousta1325
ally?a1400
joinc1400
associe1441
confederc1460
to stick together1525
band1530
to join forces1560
colleaguec1565
alliance1569
to enter league1578
unite1579
interleague1590
confederate1591
to join hands1598
combine1608
injointa1616
combinda1626
bandy1633
comply1646
federate1648
leaguea1649
associate1653
coalesce1657
to understand each other1663
sociate1688
to row in the same (also in one) boat1787
rendezvous1817
to make common cause (with)1845
to sing the same song1846
cahoot1857
to gang up1910
jungle1922
1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 107 Those Congregations whose Ministers refuse to Associate.
1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 71 When bad men combine, the good must associate.
1832 H. Martineau Ireland i. 8 As many as..sixteen tenants associated in one lease.
b. To keep company or have intercourse (with).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)]
mingc1275
company1387
joinc1390
meddlec1390
herd?a1400
fellowshipc1430
enfellowship1470
to step in1474
accompany?1490
yoke?a1513
to keep with ——c1515
conjoin1532
wag1550
frequent1577
encroach1579
consort1588
sort1595
commerce1596
troop1597
converse1598
to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598
to enter common1604
atone1611
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
minglea1616
consociate1638
associate1644
corrive1647
co-unite1650
walk1650
cohere1651
engage1657
mix1667
accustom1670
to make one1711
coalite1735
commerciate1740
to have nothing to say to (also with)1780
gang?1791
companion1792
mess1795
matea1832
comrade1865
to go around1904
to throw in with1906
to get down1975
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > accompany or associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
to bear (a person) company (also fellowship, etc.)c1225
mella1300
fellowshipa1382
companya1400
accompany1461
to keep company (with)1502
encompanya1513
to keep (a person) company1517
to take repast1517
assist1553
to take up with1570
rempare1581
to go along with1588
amate1590
bear1590
to fall in1593
consort1598
second1600
to walk (also travel) in the way with1611
comitate1632
associate1644
enhaunt1658
join1713
assort1823
sit1828
companionize1870
to take tea with1888
to knock about with1915
tote1977
fere-
1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 5 Any dishonest associating they permit.
1726 J. Thomson Winter 9 Let me associate with the low-brow'd Night.
1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 20 Be sure to associate with men much older than yourself.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iii. 80 The Rector..associated only with county people.
a. To accompany, escort, attend. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > accompany or attend [verb (transitive)]
followeOE
to be with1382
to stand with ——1384
fellowship?c1400
fellow1434
encompanya1513
to go with ——1523
to come with ——1533
accompany1543
associate1548
affellowship1559
to wait on ——1579
concomitate1604
second1609
companion1622
comitate1632
attend1653
waita1674
to keep (a person) company1849
society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > bring or take to a place
leadc825
conveya1375
accompany1426
bringa1500
assist1525
associate1548
hand1590
commit1598
see1603
to set out1725
set1740
trot1888
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxiiii He shoulde haue associated him in hys iorney.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. ii. 6 A barefoote Brother..to associate mee, Here in this Cittie visiting the sick. View more context for this quotation
1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. C3 The Parasite, associating the glutton to the gate, entereth.
a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) iii. 499 And who associates him?
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
drawc1275
mella1300
meeta1325
fellow1340
usec1384
conjoinc1386
joinc1390
knitc1400
accompany1461
enfellowship1470
frequent1477
haunt1477
mixa1513
encompanya1533
combinea1535
contract1548
to take with ——1562
associate1581
to have a saying toa1593
cope1594
sort1594
to take in1597
consort1600
herd1606
factionate1611
to keep company (with)a1616
accost1633
solder1641
converse1649
walk1650
consociate1653
coalite1734
to get with ——a1772
forgather1786
unionize1810
to go rounda1867
to mix in1870
cop1940
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1108 Therfore shal man leaue father and mother and associate his wife.
1590 J. Greenwood in H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. iii. 63 If I associat a theife & Communicate in his euill.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > help as subsidiary > act as assistant to
to hold a candle to another1550
second1588
associate1626
support1886
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 6 The Lieuetenant is to associate the Captaine.
ΚΠ
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 70 The Arterie associatyng this veyne.
1613 T. Heywood Brazen Age i, in Wks. (1874) III. 181 Those torturing pangues That should associate death.
1704 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 4) ii. 320 It is..necessary that the large Trunks of the Veins and Arteries should not associate each other.
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