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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun, adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
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si
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shi
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| definition 1: |
to come together as friends, business partners, or companions (often fol. by "with").
She associates with a completely different group of people nowadays.I don't associate with people from the office outside of work.- synonyms:
- ally, consort, fraternize, mingle, mix, relate
- antonyms:
- dissociate
- similar words:
- affiliate, group, socialize, travel
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| definition 2: |
to unite for a common purpose.
- synonyms:
- ally, combine, unite
- similar words:
- affiliate, align, conjoin, link, team
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| related words: |
ally, coalesce, league, organize, pair, participate, relate, tie |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
so
si
eIt
[or]
so
shi
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| inflections: |
associates, associating, associated |
| definition 1: |
to join as an ally, partner, or friend.
The company recently associated itself with its former competitor.She would never dream of associating herself with such "vulgar" people.- synonyms:
- ally, join
- antonyms:
- dissociate
- similar words:
- align, consort, partner, unite
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| definition 2: |
to connect mentally, as ideas, memories, and the like.
People often associate the color pink with girls.- synonyms:
- ally, connect, identify, join, link, relate
- antonyms:
- dissociate
- similar words:
- combine, concatenate, conjoin, unite
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| related words: |
affiliate, ascribe, attach, attribute, bracket, coalesce, mate, place |
adverb + (v.)associate
closely, commonly, consistently, frequently, generally, negatively, normally, positively, significantly, strongly, traditionally, typically, usually
(v.)associate
+ adverb
primarily
(v.)associate
+ noun
adjustment,
aging,
alcohol,
depression,
diabetes,
disease,
disorder,
distress,
eating,
exposure,
frequency,
illness,
impairment,
implementation,
incidence,
increase,
infection,
involvement,
level,
likelihood,
morbidity,
mortality,
obesity,
outcome,
perception,
reduction,
satisfaction,
substance,
tendency,
use,
victimization,
violence,
well-being
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
so
si
iht
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so
shi
iht
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| definition 1: |
a person who is actively involved with others in running a business enterprise; partner.
She is in a meeting with her associates.- synonyms:
- partner
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| definition 2: |
a comrade, companion, or mate.
This is a great place to meet one's associates for lunch.- synonyms:
- companion, fellow, friend, mate, partner
- similar words:
- ally, buddy, chum, colleague, company, comrade, confrere, coworker, crony, pal, sidekick
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| definition 3: |
a thing often accompanying or in association with something else.
- synonyms:
- concomitant
- similar words:
- appendage, attendant, supplement
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| definition 4: |
a person holding a subordinate rank of membership.
- synonyms:
- adjunct, assistant, auxiliary, secondary, subordinate
- similar words:
- appendage, appurtenance
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| related words: |
acquaintance, adjunct, assistant, boyfriend, brother, confederate, familiar, junior, mate, member, participant, partner, party, peer |
adjective + (n.)associate
close, closest, longtime, senior
noun + (n.)associate
business, friend, partner, reporter, research
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
so
si
iht
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so
shi
iht
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| definition 1: |
linked with another or others and having equal or practically equal status.
The orchestra has a number of associate conductors.- synonyms:
- coalescent, concomitant, related, united
- similar words:
- adjunct, attendant, bound, companionate, concurrent
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| definition 2: |
having a position of subordinate rank, status, or power.
As an associate member of the club, she can participate in activities but cannot vote in elections.- synonyms:
- auxiliary, secondary, subordinate
- similar words:
- adjunct, ancillary, supplementary
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| related words: |
confederate, junior, participant, petty |
(adj.)associate
+ noun
administrator,
artist,
attorney,
commissioner,
counsel,
curator,
dean,
degree,
dermatology,
director,
editor,
engineering,
executive,
justice,
magazine,
medicine,
pastor,
producer,
professor,
psychiatry,
psychology,
publisher,
science
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The word associate
contains the following part:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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