Definition of associate

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- Associate adj : having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" [syn: {associate(a)}] n
- A person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
- A person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: {companion}, {comrade}, {fellow}, {familiar}]
- Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
- A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: {associate degree}] v
- 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" [syn: {tie in}, {relate}, {link}, {colligate}, {link up}, {connect}] [ant: {decouple}]
- Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: {consort}, {affiliate}, {assort}]
- Bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: {consociate}]