associate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: associate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for associate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
associate adj having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" n a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" Synonym(s): companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, 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" 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 Synonym(s): associate degree, associate 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" Synonym(s): associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect Antonym(s): decouple, dissociate keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" Synonym(s): consort, associate, affiliate, assort bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" Synonym(s): consociate, associate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Associate \Asso"ciate\, v. i. 1. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate. 2. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body. --E. Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Associate \Asso"ciate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Associated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Associating}.] [L. associatus, p. p. of associare; ad + sociare to join or unite, socius companion. See {Social}.] 1. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. 2. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances. 3. To connect or place together in thought. He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language. --Macaulay. 4. To accompany; to keep company with. [Obs.] Friends should associate friends in grief and woe. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Associate \Asso"ciate\, a. [L. associatus, p. p.] 1. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers. --Milton. 2. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member. 3. (Physiol.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. --E. Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Associate \Asso"ciate\, n. 1. A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow. 2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league. 3. One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy. 4. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant. The one [idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it. --Locke. Syn: Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner; coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.