| assign |
to set apart for a particular use or for use by a particular person. [6 definitions] |
| assignable |
combined form of assign. |
| assignation |
an appointment to meet, esp. between lovers; tryst. [2 definitions] |
| assignee |
a person to whom a right, claim, interest, or property is legally transferred. [2 definitions] |
| assignment |
an assigned task, such as a job or lesson. [4 definitions] |
| assimilate |
to absorb and incorporate (knowledge, experience, or the like). [8 definitions] |
| assimilation |
the act, process, or condition of assimilating or being assimilated. [3 definitions] |
| assist |
to give support or aid to. [5 definitions] |
| assistance |
the act of giving aid or support. [2 definitions] |
| assistant |
a person who gives help, aid, or assistance. [2 definitions] |
| assize |
(usu. pl.) a legislative or court session, esp. English and Welsh circuit court sessions. [4 definitions] |
| assn. |
abbreviation of "association," a group of people joined together for a common purpose or by a mutual interest. |
| assoc. |
abbreviation of "associate," or "associates," a person or persons holding a subordinate rank of membership. |
| associate |
to come together as friends, business partners, or companions (often fol. by "with"). [10 definitions] |
| associated |
linked; related. |
| associate professor |
a college or university professor ranking above an assistant professor and below a full professor. |
| associate's degree |
a degree that you get after finishing a program of studies at a community college. |
| association |
a group of people joined together for a common purpose or by a mutual interest. [4 definitions] |
| associative |
of, pertaining to, or caused by association. [2 definitions] |
| associative property |
in addition and multiplication, the characteristic that allows you to add or multiply a group of numbers in any order and get the same answer. For example, in multiplication, (5 x 2) x 7 is equal to (7 x 2) x 5. |
| assonance |
similarity in sounds, esp. vowel sounds. [2 definitions] |