Associate Definition & Meaning
associate
- adjective
- having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
- noun
- 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"
- 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
- verb
- 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"
- keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
- bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
"Associate" in song lyrics
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"But when it tries to make God an associate"
The Cross Movement — Hip-Hopcracy -
"Ali Vegas, close associate"
Half-a-Mill f/ Ali Vegas — Tuff Guy -
"Revelation enemy associate"
Reks — How Can it Be
Words that rhyme with associate
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- What does associate mean?
- having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor" 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" a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
- What part of speech is associate?
- Associate is an adjective, a noun, and a verb.
- How many definitions does associate have?
- Associate has 9 definitions across 3 parts of speech (adjective, noun, verb).