As a verb, associate can mean to make a connection between things or concepts. You might associate the smell of lemons with summer memories of selling lemonade. Or, with polishing your furniture with Lemon Pledge.
To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate;
Noun
a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
Noun
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
Noun
a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
Noun
a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
Verb
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"
Verb
bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
Verb
keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
v. t.
To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or
confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an
enterprise.
v. t.
To join or connect; to combine in acting; as,
particles of gold associated with other substances.
v. t.
To connect or place together in thought.
v. t.
To accompany; to keep company with.
v. i.
To unite in company; to keep company, implying
intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
v. i.
To unite in action, or to be affected by the action
of a different part of the body.
a.
Closely connected or joined with some other, as in
interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or
authority; as, an associate judge.
a.
Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges;
as, an associate member.
a.
Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions,
such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
n.
A companion; one frequently in company with another,
implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
n.
A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate
in a league.
n.
One connected with an association or institution without
the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of
the Royal Academy.
n.
Anything closely or usually connected with another; an
concomitant.
Associate
He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last an long as our language.4.
Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.
Associate
Associate
While I descend . . . to my associate powers.2.
Associate
The one [idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it.
To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate;
To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy;
Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority;
A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
Usage Examples
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.
People don't associate red hair, pale skin, and freckles with beauty.
But, on another level it's really sort of this really cool coming of age story, it reminds me of like The Breakfast Club or something like that, if I can be so bold to associate with The Breakfast Club.
I grew up in the suburbs and basically associate the suburbs with cultural death.
For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.
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Other Usage ExamplesFrom the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.
The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic with just the sort of people they're trying to keep out.
My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it.
I don't normally talk about my religion publicly because I don't want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful if you learn it the right way.
In fact, I argue that the future of advertising, whatever the technology, will be to associate each brand with one word. This is one word equity. It's the modern equivalent of having the best site on the high street, except the location is in the mind.
I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.
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