associate (
http://definr.com/associate)
adj : having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status;
"an associate member"; "an associate professor" [syn:
associate(a)]
n 1: a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to
consult his associate before continuing"
2: a person who is frequently in the company of another;
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn:
companion,
comrade,
fellow,
familiar]
3: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected
with another; "first was the lightning and then its
thunderous associate"
4: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful
completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: {associate
degree}]
v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
two pieces of evidence in my mind" [syn:
tie in,
relate,
link,
link up,
connect] [ant:
dissociate]
2: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
[syn:
consort,
affiliate,
assort]
3: bring or come into friendly association; "The churches
consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn:
consociate]