What is the meaning of associate?

Answer 1

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise., To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances., To connect or place together in thought., To accompany; to keep company with., To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate., To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body., Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge., Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member., Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions., A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow., A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league., One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy., Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.

Answer 2

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things., Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing., Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.

Answer 3

to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling or memory