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associate   (TTS Sound)

The noun associate has 5 senses

• associate -- (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing")


• companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate -- (a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms")


• 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")


• associate -- (any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate")


• associate degree, associate -- (a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies)

The verb associate has 3 senses

• associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (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")


• consort, associate, affiliate, assort -- (keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues")


• consociate, associate -- (bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution")

The adj associate has 1 sense

• associate -- (having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor")