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associate
I. as·so·ci·ate \əˈsōs(h)ēˌāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English associat (3d person singular past indicative), from Latin associatus, past participle of associare
transitive verb
1.
a. : to join often in a loose relationship as a partner, fellow worker, colleague, friend, companion, or ally
< was associated with him in a large law firm >
< were closely associated with each other during the war >
b. : to elect as an associate
< was associated to the Royal Academy — Robert Southey >
2. obsolete : to keep company with : attend
< friends should associate friends in grief and woe — Shakespeare >
3. : to join (things) together or connect (one thing) with another : combine
< particles of gold associated with heavy minerals >
4. : to join or connect in any of various intangible or unspecified ways (as in general mental, legendary, or historical relationship, in unspecified causal relationship, or in unspecified professional or scholarly relationship)
< surrealism has been associated with psychological and intellectual atmosphere common to periods of war — Bernard Smith >
< she wished to associate him with her unusual mood — J.C.Powys >
5. : to submit to public identification (as with a principle or sentiment)
< the House will associate itself with these expressions — Sir Winston Churchill >
< I should wholeheartedly associate myself with the general libertarian views — Felix Frankfurter >
6. chemistry : to join in loose combinations — see association 7
intransitive verb
1. : to come together as partners, fellow workers, colleagues, friends, companions, or allies
< my father's conviction that they were too lowly to associate with me — G.B.Shaw >
2. : to combine or join with another or others as component parts : unite
< protons and neutrons with their encircling electrons associate together to form atoms — G.W.Gray >
3. : to engage in free association
< the patient associated freely about his childhood >
— see free association
Synonyms: see join
II. as·so·ciate \-s(h)ēə̇t, -shə̇t, -shēˌāt, -sēˌāt, usu -d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English associat, from Latin associatus, adsociatus, past participle of associare, adsociare to join, unite, from ad- + sociare to join, share, from socius companion — more at social
1. : closely connected, joined, or united with another (as in interest, function, activity, or office) : sharing in responsibility or authority
< descent through darkness … to my associate powers — John Milton >
< an associate judge >
2. : closely related especially in the mind : allied, accompanying
< they want some associate sounds to make them harmonious — Samuel Johnson >
3. : admitted to some but not to all rights and privileges : having a secondary or subordinate status
< admitted to associate membership in the society >
III. associate noun
(-s)
1. : one associated with another:
a. : one who shares with another an enterprise, business, or action : a fellow worker : partner
< the chemist and his associates finally completed their experiment >
b. : one who shares with another an office or position of authority : colleague
< they were associates on the bench for 20 years >
c. : one who is frequently in company with other : companion, comrade
< his most intimate associate during his college years >
2. : something that is closely connected with or that usually accompanies another : accompaniment, concomitant; especially : a word or concept linked to another by association
< no sooner at any time comes into the understanding but its associate appears with it — John Locke >
3.
a. : an officer of the superior common-law courts in England
b. : a member of a learned society or academy ranking below a fellow
< an associate of the Royal Academy >
c. : a research worker or teacher affiliated with a college, university, or some other professional organization or institution and ranking below a professor or full member
< research associate in anthropology >
< associate in German >
< associate in medicine >
4. often capitalized
a. : a degree conferred by a junior college upon its graduates
< associate in arts >
b. : a degree or title granted by some colleges and universities to students who finish a course that is complete in itself but shorter than that leading to a bachelor's degree |