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Meaning of associate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  associate
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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