Main entry: associate, associate degree
Definition: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
Main entry: associate
Definition: any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another
Usage: first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate
Main entry: associate
Definition: a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor
Usage: he had to consult his associate before continuing
Main entry: associate
Definition: a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
Usage: associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners
Main entry: companion, comrade, familiar, fellow, associate
Definition: a friend who is frequently in the company of another
Usage: drinking companions; comrades in arms
Main entry: associate, colligate, link, link up, tie in, connect, relate
Definition: make a logical or causal connection
Usage: I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind; colligate these facts; I cannot relate these events at all
Main entry: associate, consociate
Definition: bring or come into association or action
Usage: The churches consociated to fight their dissolution
Main entry: affiliate, associate, assort, consort
Definition: keep company with; hang out with
Usage: He associates with strange people; She affiliates with her colleagues
Main entry: associate
Definition: having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
Usage: an associate member; an associate professor