English Explanatory Dictionary

associate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Joined with another or others and having lower status.
  2. Having partial status or privileges.
  3. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
  4. Connected by habit or sympathy.
noun
  1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
  2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
  3. A companion; a comrade.
  4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
  6. 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).
  7. A casual friend, acquaintance
verb
  1. To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  2. To spend time socially; keep company.
  3. To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
  4. To connect or join together; combine.
  5. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
  6. To endorse.
  7. To be associative.
  8. To accompany; to be in the company of.
noun
  1. An associate's degree.

Pronunciation

əsō'shiət əsō'siət /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/ /əˈsəʊsi.ət/ /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/ /əˈsoʊsi.ət/ /əˈsoʊʃi.ɪt/ /əˈsoʊsi.ɪt/ en-us-associate-2.ogg en-us-associate-3.ogg əsō'shiāt əsō'siāt /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/ /əˈsəʊsieɪt/ /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/ /əˈsoʊsieɪt/ en-us-associate.ogg En-au-Associate.ogg

Word forms

associate associates associating associated

Etymology

From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

adjunct associate business partner cohort colaborer /colabourer collaborator colleague compeer confrere consociate coworker /co-worker fellow jobmate workfellow workmate surround attach join put together unite accouple affix assemble bewed bind clasp clinch combine conglomerate conglutinate conjoin connect construct couple entwine fay fix graft hitch hook inosculate interlink joint knit knot link marry piece together piecen pinion splice wed yoke travel

Antonyms

disassociate

Related words

accomplice aide apprentice assistant boss coconspirator helper helpmate helpmeet manager mentee mentor supervisor trainee trainer acquaintance attendant friend association associative

Derived words

associate professor physician associate associate degree associate's degree associateship associatism associette heteroassociate sales associate adeno-associated associahedron associator interassociate misassociate photoassociate preassociate reassociate sea star-associated densovirus unassociate vanadium-associated protein

Translations

Armenian: զուգորդել Catalan: associar Dutch: associëren Finnish: yhdistää Finnish: liittää Finnish: assosioida German: assoziieren Hungarian: társít Hungarian: asszociál Japanese: 結び付けて考える Japanese: (連想する Korean: 연상(聯想)하다 Korean: 상기(想起)시키다 Korean: 관련(關聯)시켜 생각하다 Polish: kojarzyć Polish: skojarzyć Polish: asocjować Portuguese: associar Swedish: associera Swedish: förknippa Turkish: ilişkilendirmek
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