associate

v. share company; connect; unite; be a partner; link a specific file type to a specific application (Computers)

n. partner; fellow worker; friend

adj. partner, colleague, confederate, companion

Associate may refer to:A term used by some companies instead of employee.The term for the lowest level of attorney in a United States law firm.Associate Justice, a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice.Associate's degree, a two-year educational degree.Associate company is a company in which another company owns a significant portion of the shares, but not over 50 t which point it would become a subsidiary Associate, a mathematical concept in ring theory.Associate memberAssociate, a person who has some dealings with another, possibly a friend. Often used for business partners.
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Noun
1. a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
(hypernym) peer, equal, match, compeer
(hyponym) adjunct
(member-holonym) association
(derivation) consociate
2. a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
(synonym) companion, comrade, fellow, familiar
(hypernym) friend
(hyponym) date, escort
(derivation) consort, affiliate, assort
3. any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
(hypernym) accompaniment, concomitant, co-occurrence
4. a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
(synonym) associate degree
(hypernym) academic degree, degree
(hyponym) Associate in Arts, AA
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
(antonym) decouple, dissociate
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(hyponym) remember
(derivation) association
2. keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
(synonym) consort, affiliate, assort
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) ally
(derivation) association
3. bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
(synonym) consociate
(hypernym) unite, unify
(hyponym) walk
(derivation) affiliation, association, tie, tie-up
Adjective
1. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
(synonym) associate(a)
(similar) subordinate, low-level

v. combine, associate; join, take into partnership, affiliate, couple

adj. associate, partner

(v. t.)
To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
  

(v. t.)
To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
  

(v. t.)
To connect or place together in thought.
  

(v. t.)
To accompany; to keep company with.
  

(v. i.)
To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
  

(v. i.)
To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
  

(n.)
One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
  

(n.)
Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
  

(n.)
A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
  

(n.)
A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
  

(a.)
Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
  

(a.)
Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
  

(a.)
Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.