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say it: uh-SOH-see-uht
associate is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor". It carries 9 recorded senses.
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 degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
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”
bring or come into association or action
“The churches consociated to fight their dissolution”
having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
“an associate member”
“an associate professor”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for associate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.