Associate
[ə'səʊʃɪeɪt;-sɪeɪt] or [ə'soʃɪet]
Definition
(noun.) any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; 'first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate'.
(noun.) a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; 'he had to consult his associate before continuing'.
(noun.) 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'.
(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'.
(adj.) having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; 'an associate member'; 'an associate professor' .
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Definition
(v. t.) To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
(v. t.) To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
(v. t.) To connect or place together in thought.
(v. t.) To accompany; to keep company with.
(v. i.) To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
(v. i.) To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
(a.) Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
(a.) Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
(a.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
(n.) A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
(n.) A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
(n.) One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
(n.) Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
Typed by Dewey
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Join, conjoin, unite, connect, combine, affiliate, yoke, couple, link, bring into close relation.
v. n. Fraternize, sort, consort, keep company, be in familiar intercourse.
n. [1]. Companion, mate, fellow, yoke-fellow, comrade, peer, compeer, follower, CONSORT.[2]. Partner, copartner, coadjutor, COLLEAGUE, confederate, ally.
Checker: Marge
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Companion, friend, ally, coadjutor, consort, helpmate, comrade, partner
ANT:Rival, alien, foe, antagonist
Checker: Mae
Definition
v.t. to join with as a friend or partner: to unite in the same body.—v.i. to keep company (with): to combine or unite.—ns. Associabil′ity Assō′ciableness.—adjs. Assō′ciable that may be joined or associated: sociable: companionable; Assō′ciate joined or connected with.—n. one joined or connected with another: a companion friend partner or ally.—ns. Assō′ciateship office of an associate; Associā′tion act of associating: union or combination: a society of persons joined together to promote some object.—adj. Assō′ciātive tending to association.—Association football the game as formulated by the Football Association (formed in 1863).—Association (of Ideas) applied to laws of mental combination which facilitate recollection: similarity: contiguity repetition.
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Examples
- That is the monstrous proposition which you are driven to assert, if you attempt to associate the disappearance of the Moonstone with Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You are not to associate with servants. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Birth, abilities, and education, had been equally marking one as an associate for her, to be received with gratitude; and the otherwhat was she? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Where the goodness or talent of your friend is beyond and above all doubt, your own worthiness to be his associate often becomes a matter of question. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hence it proceeds, that we associate, in a manner, the idea of whatever is good with that of height, and evil with lowness. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- My daughters and you must associate no longer, Miss Keeldar; there is danger in such companionship. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- These all crowded about their associate as he whispered a few words to the Jew; and then turned round and grinned at Oliver. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Their alchemy was closely associated with metallurgy, the making of alloys and amalgams, and th e handicrafts of the goldsmiths and silversmiths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Dislike is always more or less associated with contempt--I can see nothing in the Count to despise. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Men cannot live without society, and cannot be associated without government. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The house in Yorkshire was associated with the scandalous affair of the lost Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I wish my first day at Blackwater Park had not been associated with death, though it is only the death of a stray animal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The house in Montagu Square was associated with the calamity of her mother's death. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One of Plato's associates, working under his direct ion, investigated the curves produced by cutting cones of different kinds in a certain plane. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Did he catch sight of himself, therefore much despised by his late political associates? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And so he bids him and his companions depart, just as any other father might drive out of the house a riotous son and his undesirable associates. Plato. The Republic.
- Judy the twin is worthy company for these associates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This medal was founded in 1902 by the professional friends and associates of the veteran American ironmaster and metallurgical inventor, in honor of his eightieth birthday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The names of yet other associates occur from time to time in this narrative--Edison men who have been very proud of their close relationship to the inventor and his work at old Menlo. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison always stood shoulder to shoulder with his associates, but no one ever questioned the leadership, nor was it ever in doubt where the inspiration originated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had been for many years, a quiet silent man, associating but little with other men, and used to companionship with his own thoughts. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- On the contrary, certain capacities of an individual are not brought out except under the stimulus of associating with others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Now her sudden recognition of the gift, and her associating it with the tender leave-taking on the stage, filled him with an agitated pleasure. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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