associate
/ə'souʃiit/
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Definition
Verb:
- To connect or link something with something else in one's mind or thoughts.
- To spend time with or be involved with a person or group.
- To join or connect things together for a common purpose.
Noun:
- A partner, colleague, or companion in work or activity.
- A person who has partial or subordinate membership in an organization.
- A degree granted by a two-year college (Associate of Arts/Science).
- Something that is connected with or accompanies another thing.
Adjective:
- Having a secondary or subordinate position, rank, or status.
- Connected with an organization but not fully a member.
Usage
Verb:
- People often associate the smell of rain with fresh air. (To mentally connect two things.)
- He prefers not to associate with people who are dishonest. (To spend time with.)
- The two companies decided to associate to develop new technology. (To join together for a purpose.)
Noun:
- She is my business associate; we work on projects together. (A work partner.)
- He is an associate of the museum, not a full member. (A person with subordinate membership.)
- She earned an Associate in Science degree. (A two-year college degree.)
- Stress is a common associate of a demanding job. (Something connected with another.)
Adjective:
- She was promoted to associate professor last year. (A secondary rank.)
- He is an associate member of the club, with limited voting rights. (Connected but not full.)
Advanced Usage
"Associate oneself with": To publicly declare support for or connection with a person, group, or idea.
- The celebrity refused to associate herself with the controversial campaign.
"Associated with" (Adjectival Phrase): Closely connected to or involved with.
- The risks associated with smoking are well-documented.
Variants and Related Words
Association (n): An organization of people with a common purpose; a connection or relationship.
- She joined the homeowners' association.
Associative (adj): Relating to or involving association, especially mental connection.
- The associative property in mathematics.
Synonyms
- Verb: Connect, link, relate, mingle, consort.
- Noun: Partner, colleague, companion, affiliate, ally.
- Adjective: Secondary, subordinate, affiliate, auxiliary.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Associate with: To spend time with a person or group; to be connected with something.
- Parents often worry about who their children associate with.
Related Idioms
- Guilt by association: The idea that a person can be judged negatively because of the people or groups they are connected with.
- He was fired due to guilt by association after his business partner was arrested.
Adjective
- having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
- an associate member
- an associate professor
Noun
- a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
- any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
- first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate
- a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
- associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- drinking companions
- comrades in arms
- a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
- he had to consult his associate before continuing
Verb
- bring or come into association or action
- The churches consociated to fight their dissolution
- keep company with; hang out with
- He associates with strange people
- She affiliates with her colleagues
- make a logical or causal connection
- I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
- colligate these facts
- I cannot relate these events at all