associate

== English == === Pronunciation === Verb: (these pronunciations can also apply to the noun and adjective) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: əsō'shiāt, əsō'siāt IPA(key): /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/, /əˈsəʊsieɪt/ (General American) enPR: əsō'shiāt, əsō'siāt IPA(key): /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/, /əˈsoʊsieɪt/ Noun and adjective: (Received Pronunciation) enPR: əsō'shiət, əsō'siət IPA(key): /əˈsəʊʃi.ət/, /əˈsəʊsi.ət/ (General American) enPR: əsō'shiət, əsō'siət IPA(key): /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, /əˈsoʊsi.ət/, /əˈsoʊʃi.ɪt/, /əˈsoʊsi.ɪt/ Hyphenation: as‧so‧ci‧ate === Etymology 1 === From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- +‎ sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) +‎ -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== associate (not comparable) Joined with another or others and having lower status. Having partial status or privileges. Following or accompanying; concomitant. (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy. associate motions ― motions that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From the substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. ==== Noun ==== associate (plural associates) A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague. A companion; a comrade. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges. (algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit). (African-American Vernacular) A casual friend, acquaintance ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:associate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English associat(e) (“associated, allied”) (the verb *associaten is not found in Middle English writings and only attested at a later period), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of associe. ==== Verb ==== associate (third-person singular simple present associates, present participle associating, simple past and past participle associated) (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association. (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company. Synonym: surround (transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend. (transitive) To connect or join together; combine. Synonyms: attach, join, put together, unite; see also Thesaurus:join (transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination. 1819 September 21, John Keats, letter to John Hamilton Reynolds: I always somehow associate Chatterton with autumn. (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse. (mathematics) To be associative. (transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of. Synonym: travel (U.S.) ===== Antonyms ===== disassociate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== association associative ===== Translations ===== === References === “associate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. Major, Clarence (1994), Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang, Puffin Books, →ISBN == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== associate inflection of associare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== associate f pl feminine plural of associato == Latin == === Verb === associāte second-person plural present active imperative of associō