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associate

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01adjective

having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

“an associate member”

“an associate professor”

02noun

a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

“he had to consult his associate before continuing”

03noun

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

“drinking companions”

“comrades in arms”

04noun

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”

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05noun

any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

“first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate”

06noun

a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies

07verb

make a logical or causal connection

“I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind”

“colligate these facts”

08verb

keep company with; hang out with

“He associates with strange people”

“She affiliates with her colleagues”

09verb

bring or come into association or action

“The churches consociated to fight their dissolution”

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