associate
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: algebra
biology
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
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).
Base: sociō
Affixes: ad-
Inflected forms:
form: associates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: associates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: associating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: associated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: associated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Joined with another or others and having lower status.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.
gloss: Having partial status or privileges.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He is an associate member of the club.
gloss: Following or accompanying; concomitant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Connected by habit or sympathy.
pos: adj
tags: dated
not-comparable
examples: associate motions
These associate ideas are gradually formed into habits of acting together, by frequent repetition, while they are yet separately obedient to the will; as is evident from the difficulty we experience in gaining so exact an idea of the front of St. Paul's church, as to be able to delineate it with accuracy, or in recollecting a poem of a few pages.
gloss: A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
pos: noun
examples: Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.
Associates must wash hands before returning to work
The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine,
That with his terrour and imperious eies,
Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]
gloss: Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
pos: noun
gloss: A companion; a comrade.
pos: noun
gloss: One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
pos: noun
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
gloss: A casual friend, acquaintance
pos: noun
gloss: To join in or form a league, union, or association.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To spend time socially; keep company.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
Before the race he associated only with other skiers.
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
gloss: To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He associated his name with many environmental causes.
gloss: To connect or join together; combine.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: particles of gold associated with other substances
gloss: To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn.
He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.
A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme.
Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
gloss: To endorse.
pos: verb
tags: reflexive
examples: She refused to associate herself with the petition.
Mr. President, I rise to associate myself with the remarks of my senior Senator from Louisiana who has led this fight successfully for many years
gloss: To be associative.
pos: verb
gloss: To accompany; to be in the company of.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Friends should associate friends in grief and woe
Synonyms: adjunct
associate
business partner
cohort
colaborer /colabourer
collaborator
colleague
compeer
confrere
consociate
coworker /co-worker
fellow
jobmate
workfellow
workmate
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:
lang: Armenian
word: զուգորդել
roman: zugordel
lang: Catalan
word: associar
lang: Dutch
word: associëren
lang: Finnish
word: yhdistää
lang: Finnish
word: liittää
lang: Finnish
word: assosioida
lang: German
word: assoziieren
lang: Hungarian
word: társít
lang: Hungarian
word: asszociál
lang: Japanese
word: 結び付けて考える
roman: musubitsukete kangaeru
lang: Japanese
word: (連想する
roman: rensōsuru
lang: Korean
word: 연상(聯想)하다
roman: yeonsanghada
lang: Korean
word: 상기(想起)시키다
roman: sanggisikida
lang: Korean
word: 관련(關聯)시켜 생각하다
roman: gwallyeonsikyeo saenggakhada
lang: Polish
word: kojarzyć
lang: Polish
word: skojarzyć
lang: Polish
word: asocjować
lang: Portuguese
word: associar
lang: Swedish
word: associera
lang: Swedish
word: förknippa
lang: Turkish
word: ilişkilendirmek