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US
/əˈsoʊsiˌeɪt, əˈsoʊsiət, əˈsoʊʃiˌeɪt, əˈsoʊʃiət/
]
VERB
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keep company with; hang out with
He associates with strange people
She affiliates with her colleagues -
make a logical or causal connection
colligate these facts
I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind
I cannot relate these events at all -
bring or come into association or action
The churches consociated to fight their dissolution
NOUN
- a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
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a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
he had to consult his associate before continuing -
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 friend who is frequently in the company of another
drinking companions
comrades in arms
ADJECTIVE
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having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
an associate member
an associate professor
How To Use associate In A Sentence
- Sudden sniffing death is particularly associated with abuse of butane, propane and chemicals in aerosols.
- He will remain affiliated with the firm as a special associate director.
- Roderick Little, a University of Michigan biostatistician, will become associate director for statistical methodology and standards at the Census Bureau beginning in September. Robert Groves Names Roderick Little, U Of Mich. Statistician, To New Census Post
- Associate members do not have the right to vote.
- Sjogren's syndrome "targets and destroys over time the exocrine glands responsible for tear production and saliva -- and is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes," said Dr. Michael Belmont, an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and medical director for Hospital for Joint Diseases. Why Sjogren's syndrome caused Williams to quit U.S. open
- The field is still popularly associated more with tents than texts: stones, bones, and potsherds.
- It should also be noted that there are no contact-period materials from the Johnson site and that the only historic materials recovered date to the nineteenth century and did not occur in the provenances associated with the figurines.
- This species is also closely associated with colonies of various seabirds and marine mammals; it feeds among birds and seals and has been considered a commensal of those colonial animals.
- So if the squid is associated with females and vaginae, and Doctor Manhattan is associated with penises, Watchmen Ending Changed? | /Film
- The blue and red boxes indicate the amino acid changes associated with the andromonoecious phenotype in melon and cucumber, respectively. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
