as·so·ci·ate ( -s  sh - t , -s-)v. as·so·ci·at·ed, as·so·ci·at·ing, as·so·ci·ates v.tr. 1. To join as a partner, ally, or friend. 2. To connect or join together; combine. 3. To connect in the mind or imagination: "I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn" (John Keats). v.intr. 1. To join in or form a league, union, or association. See Synonyms at join. 2. To spend time socially; keep company: associates with her coworkers on weekends. n. (-  t, -t)1. A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague. 2. A companion; a comrade. 3. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance. 4. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges. 5. often Associate An associate's degree. adj. (- t, -t)1. Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status: an associate editor. 2. Having partial status or privileges: an associate member of the club. 3. Following or accompanying; concomitant. [Middle English associaten, from Latin associ re, associt- : ad-, ad- + socius, companion; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
associate
Verb
[-ating, -ated]
1. to connect in the mind
2. to mix socially: addicts are driven to associate with criminals
3. be associated or associate oneself with to be involved with (a group) because of shared views: she had long been associated with the far right
Noun
1. a partner in business
2. a companion or friend
Adjective
1. having partial rights or subordinate status: an associate member
2. joined with in business: an associate director [Latin ad- to + sociare to join]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" adjunct - a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another affiliate - a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization bedfellow - a temporary associate; "politics makes strange bedfellows" cooperator, pardner, partner, collaborator - an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest; "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners" confrere, colleague, fellow - a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" participant - someone who takes part in an activity shipmate - an associate on the same ship with you |
| 2. |  associate - a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university" playfellow, playmate - a companion at play | |
| 3. | 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" subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | |
| 4. | associate - any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" accompaniment, co-occurrence, concomitant, attendant - an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another | |
| 5. | associate - a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" Associate in Arts, AA - an associate degree in arts AAS, Associate in Applied Science - an associate degree in applied science AN, Associate in Nursing - an associate degree in nursing | |
| Verb | 1. | associate - 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" remember - exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" interrelate - place into a mutual relationship; "I cannot interrelate these two events" correlate - bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation; "I cannot correlate these two pieces of information" identify - conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" free-associate - associate freely; "Let's associate freely to bring up old memories" have in mind, think of, mean - intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" decouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" |
| 2. | associate - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" ally - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists" | |
| 3. | associate - bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" walk - be or act in association with; "We must walk with our dispossessed brothers and sisters"; "Walk with God" | |
| Adj. | 1. | associate - having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" subordinate, low-level - lower in rank or importance |
associate
verb 1. connect, couple, league, link, mix, relate, pair, ally, identify, unite, join, combine, attach, affiliate, fasten, correlate, confederate, yoke, affix, lump together, cohere, mention in the same breath, conjoin, think of together << OPPOSITE separate
Translations
associate adj, n [əˈsəuʃɪɪt]
vt, vi [əˈsəuʃɪeɪt]
adj → asociado
vt → asociar [+ ideas]; relacionar
associate director → subdirector(a) m/f;
associated company → compañía afiliada
associate adj, n [əˈsəuʃɪɪt]
vb [əˈsəuʃɪeɪt]
adj, n → associé(e)
vt → associer
vi to associate with sb → fréquenter qn;
associated company → société affiliée
associate adj, n [əˈsəuʃɪɪt]
vt, vi [əˈsəuʃɪeɪt]
adj (director) → assoziiert;
(member, professor) → außerordentlich
vt → in Verbindung bringen
associate [əˈsəuʃɪɪt] adj → associato/a; [member] → aggiunto/a
n → collega m/f;
(in business) → socio/a
vb [əˈsəuʃɪeɪt]
vt → associare
vi to associate with sb → frequentare qn
v associate [əˈsəusieit]
1 to connect in the mind He always associated the smell of tobacco with his father. assosieer يَربُط свързвам spojovat si forbinde; associere verbinden συσχετίζω asociar seostama تداعی کردن liittää mielessään associer לְקַשֶר जुड़ना povezivati összekapcsol, társít menghubungkan tengja associare 結びつけて考える 연상하다, 관련지어 생각하다 susieti savienot kaitkan associa aren forbinde med, assosiere kojarzyć associar a asocia ассоциировать(ся) spájať si povezovati asocirati, vezati za associera เชื่อมโยงทางความคิด çağrışım yapmak, çağrıştırmak 把...聯想起來 пов'язувати ذہنی تعلق ہونا liên tưởng 把...联想起来
2 (usually withwith) to join (with someone) in friendship or work They don't usually associate (with each other) after office hours. assosieer, kuier يُرافِق،يُزامِل، يُصادِق сдружавам се stýkat se omgås Umgang haben συναναστρέφομαι, συγχρωτίζομαι encontrarse, relacionarse läbi käima رابطه داشتن؛ همنشینی کردن olla tekemisissä (se) fréquenter לְהִתחַבֵּר עִם मेल-जोल रखना družiti se kapcsolatban van, társul bergaul umgangast frequentarsi 交際する 제휴하다 bendrauti biedroties bergaul omgaan met omgås zadawać się, utrzymywać stosunki dar-se a avea de-a face (cu); a se asocia (cu) общаться stýkať sa družiti (se) družiti se umgås คบค้าสมาคมกัน arkadaşlık etmek 交往 спілкуватися شریک ہونا tụ tập 交往
[-et] adj
1 having a lower position or rank an associate professor. assosiaat-agtig أستاذ مُساعِد доцент mimořádný assisterende außerordentlich συνεργάτης, ιεραρχικά υφιστάμενος adjunto abi- دستیار؛ معاون apulais- associé חָבֵר עִם זְכוּיוֹת מוּגבָּלוֹת संयुक्त pridružen kisegítő; társult (tag) pembantu aðstoðar- associato 準～ 준..., 부... jaunesnysis, žemesnysis docents profesor madya buitengewoon assisterende (f.eks. dosent/professor II) niższy, młodszy associado agregat являющийся помощником или заместителем mimoriadny izreden koji je na nižem položaju ili u nižem rangu, npr. vanredni profesor biträdande, assisterande มีตำแหน่งรองลงมา yardımcı, muavin 副的 той, що є молодшим членом نائب ہونا phó 副的
2 joined or connected associate organizations. geassosieer مُرافِق، مُتَّصِل، مُشارِك свързан přidružený associeret assozliert συναργαζόμενος asociado ühinenud, sidus- متحد؛ یکپارچه yhdistynyt affilié חָבֵר सम्बद्ध pridruženi társ afiliasi tengdur, auka- associato 連合した 연합한 asocijuotas, susijungęs apvienības bersekutu geassocieerd assosiert połączony associado afiliat; asociat объединённый pridružený pridružen pridružen förbunden, knuten till ซึ่งมีส่วนร่วม birleşmiş, birleşik 合夥的 об'єднаний, пов'язаний منسلک ، ملحق liên kết 合伙的
n
a colleague or partner; a companion. assosiaat عُضو، مُشارِك ،زَميل колега kolega, společník kollega; partner der/die Kollege/Kollegin; der/die Partner(in) συνεργάτης socio kaaslane, partner شریک؛ همدم kumppani associé/-ée חָבֵר सहयोगी kolega társ mitra félagi; samstarfsmaður socio; collega 仲間 동료 bendradarbis, partneris, kolega biedrs; kolēģis; partneris teman collega, metgezel kollega, partner partner, współpracownik, kolega sócio asociat коллега; партнёр spoločník, -čka sodelavec, družabnik kolega, partner; drug kompanjon, ämbetsbroder เพื่อนร่วมงาน iş arkadaşı, meslektaş, ortak 合夥人；同伴 колега; партнер ساتھی ، شریک cộng tác 合伙人；同伴
n association
1 a club, society etc. vereniging, assosiasie ناد، إتِّحاد асоциация sdružení, svaz forening; sammenslutning die Vereinigung σύλλογος, λέσχη, όμιλος asociación selts, ühendus انجمن seura, yhdistys société חֶברָה, אִיגוּד, עֲמוּתָה संघ društvo egyesület, társaság perhimpunan félag, samtök associazione 協会, 団体 ?鰕¸ asociacija, susivienijimas, organizacija asociācija; biedrība persatuan vereniging forening, sammenslutning stowarzyszenie associação asociaţie ассоциация; общество združenie društvo, družba klub, društvo förening, sammanslutning สมาคม dernek, cemiyet 協會 товариство; спілка انجمن ، جماعت hội 协会
2 a friendship or partnership. vriendskap, vennootskap مُرافَقَه، مُصادَقَة приятелство přátelení venskab; partnerskab die Freundschaft σχέση, συνεργασία asociación partnerlus همکاری؛ همنشینی kumppanuus amicale, association הִתחבּרוּת, קֶשֶר सहयोग društvo társulás persekutuan félagsskapur compagnia 交際 제휴(관계) bendravimas, draugystė biedrošanās perhubungan omgang, connectie vennskap, partnerskap obcowanie amizade prietenie; parteneriat дружба;сотрудничество priateľstvo družabništvo prijateljstvo, partnerstvo kamratskap, kompanjonskap ความเป็นมิตร arkadaşlık, ortaklık 交際 дружба شراکت ، دوستی sự hợp tác 交际
3 a connection in the mind The house had associations with her dead husband. assosiasies تَرابُط مَعان، تَداعي أفْكار асоциация asociace tankeforbindelse; association die Assoziationen συνειρμός asociación assotsiatsioon تداعی mielleyhtymä association d'idées אַסוֹציַאציָה जुड़ाव asocijacija társítás asosiasi hugrenningatengsl collegamento, associazione d'idee 連想 연상, 관련 asociacija asociācija; saistība berkaitan associatie assosiasjon, tankeforbindelse, tilknytning skojarzenie lembranças asociere de idei ассоциация spájanie predstáv asociacija asocijacija (na mentalnom nivou) association, minne ความคิดที่เชื่อมโยง çağrışım 聯想 зв'язок, асоціація ذہنی تعلق sự liên tưởng 联想
in association with
together with We are acting in association with the London branch of our firm. in assosiasie met بِالإشْتِراك مَع заедно с ve spojení s i samarbejde med in Verbindung mit σε συνεργασία με juntamente con koostöös (kellegagi) با همراهی؛ درکنار yhteistoiminnassa jonkun kanssa de concert avec הִתְאַחדוּת के साथ zajednički együtt bersama í samfloti með, í tengslum við d'intesa con ～と共同して ...와 공동으로 drauge su kopā ar bersama-sama samen met i samarbeid med razem z juntamente com în colaborare cu совместно с v spojení s v sodelovanju u saradnji sa tillsammans med เกี่ยวข้องกับ ...ile birlikte 與...聯合 разом з شرکت کے ساتھ phối hợp với 与...联合
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