Dictionary

associate

see also: Associate

Etymology

From Latin associō.

Pronunciation

- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: əsō'shiāt, əsō'siāt IPA: /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/, /əˈsəʊsieɪt/
- (General American) enPR: əsō'shiāt, əsō'siāt IPA: /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/, /əˈsoʊsieɪt/
Noun and adjective:
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: əsō'shiət, əsō'siət IPA: /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/, /əˈsəʊsi.ət/
- (General American) enPR: əsō'shiət, əsō'siət IPA: /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, /əˈsoʊsi.ət/

Adjective

associate (not comparable)

Joined with another or others and having lower status.
The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.
Having partial status or privileges.
He is an associate member of the club.
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
(biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
associate motions ― motions that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions

Translations

Portuguese: associado
Russian: свя́занный

Translations

Portuguese: associado

Noun

associate (plural associates)

A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC ↗; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IIII, scene i ↗:
  The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine,
  That with his terrour and imperious eies,
  Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]
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).

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:associate

Translations

Portuguese: associado
Russian: партнёр
Spanish: asociado

Translations

Russian: колле́га

Translations

German: Weggefährte
Portuguese: colega
Russian: компаньо́н
Spanish: compañero

Translations

Russian: член-корреспонде́нт
Spanish: asociado

Verb

associate (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.
She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
- 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC ↗:
  As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, […]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. […] I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
(transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
He associated his name with many environmental causes.
(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
particles of gold associated with other substances
Synonyms: attach, join, put together, unite, Thesaurus:join
(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
- 1819 September 21, John Keats, letter to John Hamilton Reynolds:
  I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
(reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
(mathematics) To be associative.
(transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene iii]:
  Friends should associate friends in grief and woe