Meaning & Definition of Associate in English

1. A person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

• "He had to consult his associate before continuing"

2. A friend who is frequently in the company of another

• "Drinking companions"

• "Comrades in arms"

3. 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"

4. Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

• "First was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"

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

1. Make a logical or causal connection

• "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"

• "Colligate these facts"

• "I cannot relate these events at all"

2. Keep company with

• Hang out with

• "He associates with strange people"

• "She affiliates with her colleagues"

3. Bring or come into association or action

• "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"

1. Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status

• "An associate member"

• "An associate professor"