Associate - Definition

adj 1: having partial rights and privileges or subordinate
status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"
n 1: a person who joins with others in some activity or
endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before
continuing"
2: a friend who is frequently in the company of another;
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion,
comrade, fellow, familiar, associate]
3: 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"
4: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected
with another; "first was the lightning and then its
thunderous associate"
5: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful
completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn:
associate degree, associate]
v 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" [syn:
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link
up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate]
2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange
people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn:
consort, associate, affiliate, assort]
3: bring or come into association or action; "The churches
consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: consociate,
associate]