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In some senses, associate is marked as dated, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
associate
noun 6verb 5adj 4
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
close
My manager introduced me to one of her close associates from the marketing department.
former, old
My old associates from university still meet up for dinner every year.
business, political
Definitions
adj
1
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.
2
Having partial status or privileges.
He is an associate member of the club.
3
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
4
Connected by habit or sympathy.
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.
noun
1
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
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
2
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
3
A companion; a comrade.
4
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
5
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
verb
1
To join in or form a league, union, or association.
2
To spend time socially; keep company.
She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
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.
3
To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
He associated his name with many environmental causes.
4
To connect or join together; combine.
particles of gold associated with other substances
5
To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
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.
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The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.
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He is an associate member of the club.
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associate motions
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Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.
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Associates must wash hands before returning to work
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The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine, That with his terrour and imperious eies, Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]
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