associate

  1. Noun.  (slang) An associate's degree.
  2. Adjective.  Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
  3. Adjective.  Having partial status or privileges.
  4. Adjective.  Following or accompanying; concomitant.
  5. Noun.  A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
  6. Noun.  A companion; a comrade.
  7. Noun.  One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
  8. Noun.  A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
  9. Verb.  (intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To connect in the mind or imagination.
  14. Verb.  (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.

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