associate /ə-sōˈshi-āt or -si-/

1. To join, connect, link
2. To connect in one's mind
3. To make a colleague or partner
4. To accompany (Shakespeare)

1. To consort, keep company (with with)
2. To combine or unite

1. Associated
2. Connected
3. Confederate
4. Joined as colleague or junior colleague
5. Joined without full membership

1. A person joined or connected with another
2. A colleague, companion, friend, partner or ally
3. A person admitted to a society without full membership

associabilˈity noun

assoˈciable /-shi-ə-bl or -shə-bl/ adjective

Capable of being associated

assoˈciated adjective

1. Connected
2. (usu with caps) denoting a company that is amalgamated with another company

assōˈciateship noun

associāˈtion /-si- or -shi-/ noun

1. An act of associating
2. Union or combination
3. A society of persons joined to promote some object
4. A plant or animal community, usu occupying a wide area, consisting of a definite population of species (biology)
5. Loose aggregation of molecules (chem)
6. An old name for association football (see below)
7. Connection of thoughts or of feelings
8. (usu in pl) thought, feeling or memory, more or less permanently connected with eg a place, an occurrence, or something said
9. A relationship between the EU and certain other countries, eg in Africa and the Caribbean, being more than just a trade agreement but with the associated members not enjoying membership of the EU

associaˈtional adjective

associaˈtionism noun (psychology)

The theory which considers association of ideas to be the basis of all mental activity

assōˈciātive adjective

1. Tending to association
2. Such that (a*b)*c=a*(b*c), where * denotes a binary operation (mathematics)

associativity /-ə-tivˈ/ noun

assoˈciator noun

associate professor noun

In N America, Australia and New Zealand, a university or college teacher immediately below professor in rank

association copy noun

A copy of a book deriving additional interest from some association, eg a copy inscribed as given to or by some person of note

association football noun

(also soccer) a form of football, using a round ball, with 11 players on each side

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