Meaning of associate in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.

• 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.

• 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).

verb

• To join in or form a league, union, or association.

• To spend time socially; keep company.

  Example: She associates with her coworkers on weekends.

• (with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

  Example: He associated his name with many environmental causes.

• To connect or join together; combine.

  Example: particles of gold associated with other substances

• To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

• (in deliberative bodies) To endorse.

• To be associative.

• To accompany; to be in the company of.

adjective

• Joined with another or others and having lower status.

  Example: 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.

  Example: He is an associate member of the club.

• Following or accompanying; concomitant.

• Connected by habit or sympathy.

  Example: associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions