Associate

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Associate

Adjective

  1. 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."

  2. Having partial status or privileges.

    "He is an associate member of the club."

  3. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
  4. Connected by habit or sympathy.

    "associate motions"

Noun

  1. 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."

  2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
  3. A companion; a comrade.
  4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

Verb

  1. To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  2. To spend time socially; keep company.

    "She associates with her coworkers on weekends."

  3. To join as a partner, ally, or friend.

    "He associated his name with many environmental causes."

  4. To connect or join together; combine.

    "particles of gold associated with other substances"

  5. To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

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