associate
//əˈsəʊʃi.ət//
formalForms
- Plural
- associates
- present (v1)
- associate
- past (v2)
- associated
- past participle (v3)
- associated
- present participle
- associating
- 3rd person singular
- associates
Definitions
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.
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.
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.
1.To join in or form a league, union, or association.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1408
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English)
From Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”)
From ad- + sociō