associate
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.”
Having partial status or privileges.
“He is an associate member of the club.”
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
Connected by habit or sympathy.
“associate motions”
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
A companion; a comrade.
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
Verb 4 meanings
To join in or form a league, union, or association.
To spend time socially; keep company.
“She associates with her coworkers on weekends.”
To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
“He associated his name with many environmental causes.”
To connect or join together; combine.
“particles of gold associated with other substances”
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, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).
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ASSOCIATE at a glance
ASSOCIATE has 9 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (A 1 + S 1 + S 1 + O 1 + C 3 + I 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,598 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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