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Definition: Associate |
AssociateAdjective1. Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor". Noun1. A person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing". 2. A person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms". 3. Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate". 4. A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies. Verb1. Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind". 2. Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues". 3. Bring or come into friendly association; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "associate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Insurance | Member of a mutual; the body of members constitutes the mutual. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | Mr. X, McGill --. . . . . Il est susceptible de faire des dons l'université McGill ou de lui trouver des bienfaiteurs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ASF | English | Associate of the Institute of Shipping and Forwarding Agents | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AssociateSynonyms: associate(a) (adj), associate degree (n), companion (n), comrade (n), familiar (n), fellow (n), affiliate (v), assort (v), connect (v), consociate (v), consort (v), link (v), link up (v), relate (v), tie in (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dissociate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Verb: accompany, coexist, attend; hang on, wait on; go hand in hand with; synchronize; bear company, keep company; row in the same boat; bring in its train; associate with, couple with. |
Concomitant, accessory, coefficient; companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague; consort, spouse, mate; partner, co-partner; satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow; escort, cortege; attribute. | |
Assemblage | Verb: assemble, collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble. |
Auxiliary | Aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal; right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer; candle-holder, bottle-holder; handmaid; servant; puppet, cat's-paw, jackal. |
Friend | Associate, colleague, compeer. |
Judge | Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice; Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor; Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron; Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice; Baron, Baron of the Exchequer. |
Junction | Verb: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody; roll into one. |
Mixture | Verb: mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle; (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard; (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate. |
Party | Verb: unite, join; club together; (cooperate); cement a party, form a party; Noun: associate; (assemble); enleague, federalize, go cahoots. |
Relation | Bring into relation with, bring to bear upon; connect, associate, draw a parallel; link. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round. |
Sociality | Verb: be sociable; Adjective: know; be acquainted; Adjective: associate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with; (friendship); make advances, fraternize, embrace. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Don't you realize what happened? Because you started eating while having sex, you associate food with orgasms (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) We don't associate with the creative types (Waiting for Guffman; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy) There are two words you will learn to associate while you're here, Cortes: Team-Mate (G.I. Jane; writing credit: David Twohy) From now on I am going to associate sex with having fried food hurled at me (Grounded for Life; writing credit: Jim Geoghan) It is difficult to associate these horrors with the proud civilizations that created them (Enter the Dragon; writing credit: Michael Allin) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | Cobia in baskets - caught off the Carolinas. Cobias opportunistically associate with burrowing stingrays and eat food displaced by rays. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | The O'Clock family cavorting with the dolphins at Monkey Mia near Shark Bay. These dolphin are wild and associate with humans with no training or coercion (except food.). Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Pirkko O'Clock (ex-NOAA Corps officer) and tourists cavorting with the dolphins at Monkey Mia near Shark Bay. These dolphin are wild and associate with humans with no training or coercion (except food.). Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | (L - R) Oregon/Washington State Director, Elaine Zielinski, Burns Dist. Botanist, Rick Hall, and associate state director, Chuck Wassinger standing next to Steens Mountain interpretive panels. Credit: Mark Armstrong & Chris Strebig. | |
![]() | George Shiras, Jr., Associate Justice, Supreme Court, half-length portrait, facing right. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Case Study House No. 8 for Charles and Ray Eames and No. 9 for John Entenza (Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California). Plot plan] / Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen, Associate Architects. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | David Josiah Brewer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court, half-length portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Joseph McKenna, Associate Justice, Supreme Court, full-length portrait, seated, facing right. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Edward D. White, Associate Justice Supreme Court, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Justices of the Supreme Court at work and play, Associate Justice Joseph McKenna (left) on the links with former Justice Pitney. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Burke | When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. |
George Washington | Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. |
Henry David Thoreau | Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts. |
St. Augustine | Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Could she have chosen with whom to associate, she would not have chosen her. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It comes to associate, although with regret, to the new grandeur of the nation the old grandeur of the monarchy |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The symptoms we associate with menopause such as hot flashes and irregular menstrual cycles may start to appear. (references) | |
You can train yourself to associate certain restful activities with sleep and make them part of your bedtime ritual. (references) | ||
Dr. Parker is the associate editor for the Official Parent's Sourcebook series published by ICON Health Publications. (references) | ||
Business | Mexican workers enjoy the right to associate, bargain, and strike. (references) | |
Large foreign construction companies operating in Poland generally bring their own architects who associate with local architectural offices. (references) | ||
They are eager to associate themselves with companies/individuals that will contribute new techniques/services to the market, but also want to protect their market share. (references) | ||
Children | Ghana | Generally the women continue to associate themselves with the shrine, a voluntary association involving return visits for ceremonies. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Mexico | Citizens are free to associate and may form private or charitable associations. (references) |
Colombia | Any legal organization is free to associate with international groups in its field. (references) | |
Economic History | Spain | They must specialize, associate with other retailers or close. (references) |
Bangladesh | A new government, headed by former Mujib associate Khandakar Moshtaque, was formed. (references) | |
Spain | Previously, small entities had to specialize, associate with other retailers, or close. (references) | |
Human Rights | Afghanistan | In July 2000, a Western journalist observed his Afghan associate being beaten severely. (references) |
Ukraine | In August 2000, her husband, Oleksandr Tymoshenko, and a business associate were arrested on charges of embezzlement of state funds. (references) | |
Ukraine | Although the investigation of Oleksandr Tymoshenko and his associate reportedly had been underway for some time, some observers believed that timing of the arrests was intended to pressure Yuliya Tymoshenko. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | Some Christians or Muslims refuse to associate with practitioners of traditional indigenous religions. (references) |
Political Economy | Turkey | There were restrictions on workers' rights to associate, strike and bargain collectively. (references) |
GHANA | No union leaders have been detained in recent years, nor has the right of workers to freely associate otherwise been circumscribed. (references) | |
Political Rights | Greece | While citizens exercised their political rights, there occasionally were charges that the Government limits the right of some individuals, particularly Muslims and Slavo-Macedonians, to speak publicly and associate freely on the basis of their self-proclaimed ethnic identity. (references) |
Trade | Uruguay | Chile and Bolivia are associate members of MERCOSUR. (references) |
Czech Rep | The Czech Republic is an associate member of the European Union and has recently begun accession negotiations for full membership. (references) | |
Travel | Nigeria | It is simply necessary to take certain precautions, such as being met at the airport by a trusted associate. (references) |
Venezuela | U.S. exporters that are not manufacturers should try to associate themselves closely with the U.S. manufacturer, whenever possible. (references) | |
Nigeria | The most important precaution for business visitors is to be met on arrival at the airport by a known and trusted associate, or other person whose identity can be verified. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yemen | Thus, citizens may associate by profession or trade. (references) |
Singapore | The NTUC is free to associate regionally and internationally. (references) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Workers have the right to associate freely and to form labor unions. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | Oh, this is coming into my living room and this is the kind of stuff that we used to associate with guys with the coats going into the theaters and watching the porno pictures. |
Barbara Walters | Thank heaven. The producers, the associate producers, they're the ones who really are, I think, are the most important. I write, you know, my stuff and I'm very involved in the editing, and I'm very hands-on. But it would not happen without producers. |
Rush Limbaugh | During that visit, Chirac said, "Iraq is in the process of beginning a coherent nuclear program, and France wants to associate herself with that effort in the field of reactors." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | If you go back to the very beginning of this country, the great strength of America has always been our ability to associate with people who were different from ourselves and to work together to find common ground. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Associate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 36.57% of the time. "Associate" is used about 978 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 36.57% | 358 | 15,045 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.43% | 249 | 18,850 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 23.19% | 227 | 19,961 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.81% | 145 | 26,217 |
| Total | 100.00% | 978 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Daiwa Associate Holdings Limited | USA | Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associate |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "associate": associate attorney ♦ associate degree ♦ associate in Applied Science ♦ associate in Arts ♦ associate in Nursing ♦ associate judge of appeal ♦ associate justice ♦ associate member ♦ associate oneself ♦ associate oneself with ♦ associate oneself with an idea ♦ associate professor ♦ associate publishers ♦ associate with ♦ associate with smb. ♦ business associate ♦ to associate windows ♦ war and its associate horrors. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "associate": paired-associate. | |
Containing "associate": Paired-Associate Learning. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "associate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aansluit (accede, come together, join, pool). (various references) | |
Albanian | aderoj (adhere, come together, enter, go in, join, perform, pool), shoqëroj (accompany, attend, convoy, escort, follow, go along with, go with, lead, show in, string along with), shoqërohem (consort, deal, forgather, hobnob, join, mingle), lidhem (attach, bind, cohere, communicate, connect, correlate, interconnexion, link, relate, tie), lidh (articulate, bend, bind, buckle, bundle, colligate, concatenate, connect, couple, do up, dress, enfetter, fasten, glue, hitch, hook up, interconnect, join, joint, lace, ligate, link, moor, regard, relate, respect, solder, splice, string, switch on, tie, tie down, truss, unite), koleg (colleague), bëhem ortak (club). (various references) | |
Arabic | مرتبط (attached, linked, related, united), مرافق (attendant, companion, escort), قارن (compare, confront, contrast, coupling, draw an analogy, liken, match, parallel, unite with), ولف رفيق (companion), تزامل, زميل (buddy, bully, chum, compatriot, fellow, friend, mate), عاشر (hobnob, sort, steady, tenth), عشير (companion, familiar), صاحب رفيق (comrade, fellow), صديق (brother, friend, mate, pal, veracious), إنضم (accede, bunch, combine, enter, join, range), إتحد (band together, cohere, get together, incorporate, integrate, join, make a bee-line for a place, marry, meet, merge), إرتبط (connect, link, tie up), رفيق (billyboy, boy friend, brush, buddy, bully, chum, companion, compatriot, comrade, comradely, consort, escort, familiar, fellow, friend, helpmate, lenient, mate, pal, pard, partner, playfellow, stool, vis a vis, yokefellow), شريك (confederate, consort, copartner, partner, silent partner). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съучастник (abettor, accessary, accessory, bonnet, companion, confederate, co-participant, fellow, participator, partner, party), сътрудник (adjunct, collaborator, contributor, contributory, co-operator, copartner), съдружник (affiliate, ally, pard, partner, sidekick), свързвам (ally, articulate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, marry, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, run on, truss, weld), сдружавам се (coalesce, pool), член-кореспондент (corresponding member), член на сдружение, колега (colleague, compatriot, fellow, fellow worker, friend, mate), общувам (assort, consort, converse, fraternize, intercommunicate, intermingle, know, mate, mingle, mix, mix up, socialize, sort), нещо свързано с друго, асоциирам (connect, couple). (various references) | |
Chinese | 聯想 , 同事 (Colleague). (various references) | |
Czech | asociovat, spolupracovník (coadjutor, collaborator, contributor, cooperator, co-worker), spoleèník (companion, fellow, partner), spojovat se (couple), přidružovat, přidružený (affiliated, ancillary, associated), přièlenìný, partner (helpmeet, pal, partner), mimořádný (abnormal, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, phenomenal, special, uncommon). (various references) | |
Danish | medlem (acolyte, limb, member, supporter). (various references) | |
Dutch | zich aaneensluiten (come together, join, pool), aansluiten (bind, come together, connect, connect up, correspond, join, plug in, pool, tie, tie up). (various references) | |
Esperanto | unuiĝi (join, pool), kuniĝi (come together, join, pool). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sameinast (come together, join, pool). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیوستن (Adhere, Adjoin, Affiliate, Affix, Ally, Annex, Attach, Cement, Cleave, Cling, Connect, Couple, Join, Meet, Sort, Weld), معاشرت کردن , مربوطساختن (Affiliate), همقطار (Brother, Confrere, Teammate), همسر (Consort, Fere, Helpmate, Match, Mate, Partner, Spouse), همدم شدن , همدست (Accomplice, Aid, Complier, Cooperator, Pal, Partner), همبسته , هم پیوند, عضوپیوسته , امیزش کردن , رفیق (Billy, Boyfriend, Buddy, Comate, Comrade, Fere, Friend, Mate, Peer, Tenuous, Yokefellow), شریک کردن , شریک (Complier, Consort, Copartner, Half, Joint, Pal, Participant, Partner, Sharer, Yokefellow), دانشبهری . (various references) | |
Finnish | seurustella (go steady with, go together, keep company), liittyä (accede, attach oneself to, become a member of, come together, enter, join, pool). (various references) | |
French | associons, associez, associer, associent, associé (associated), allié, adjoindre, s'accoupler, mutualiste, membre bienfaiteur, joindre, collègue. (various references) | |
Frisian | oanslute (come together, correspond, join, pool). (various references) | |
German | verknüpfen (bind up, combine, concatenate, connect, integrate, intertwine, join, knit, knitted, knot, link, tie, to combine, to concatenate). (various references) | |
Greek | συσχετίζω (compare, correlate). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | aderoj (come together, enter, go in, join, perform, pool). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחבור (be bound together, be joined, be united, join, stitch), לחבר (add, bind, connect, join, link, piece, piece together, tie), ל"תחבר (be composed, be written, combine, hook up, join, unite), ל"תרועע (hobnob), ל"סמיך (authorise, authorize, commission, empower, qualify), לצרף (add, affix, attach, combine, join, tack, tag), שותף (ally, co partner, partner), עמית (colleague, companion, counterpart, fellow, friend, mate), חבר (companion, comrade, fellow, friend, match, member, peer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | társ (adjunct, beaupere, button, cobber, companion, compeer, fellow, marrow, mate, partner). (various references) | |
Icelandic | umgangast (associate with). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pendamping (colleague, company), bergaul (assort, interact, lihat: gaul), berdekat-dekat, berdekat. (various references) | |
Italian | unirsi (band, coalesce, combine, come together, congregate, interlock, join, knit, pool, unite), socio (companion, copartner, fellow, member, partner). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 同僚 (colleague, coworker). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | なかま (circle of friends, colleague, company, comrade, fellow, group, mate, partner), ふくしゅ (assistant), ふく (additional, assistant, auxiliary, bend down, clothes, collateral, compound, copy, crawl, crouch, deputy, double, duplicate, fall prostrate, good fortune, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, sub-, submit to, substitute, supplementary, to blow, to dry, to emit, to spout, to wipe, vice-, yield to), どうりょう (colleague, companion, coworker, momentum, same amount), ほうばい (colleague, companion, comrade, fellow student or apprentice, friend), あい (accomplice, fellow, indigo, joint, love, mutually, together), じせき (achievement, assistant, evidence, exploit, junior, merits, one's desk, one's seat, runner-up, self-condemnation, trace, vestige), じゅ" (10-day period, aim, apply correspondingly, be proportionate to, chaste, conform to, correspond to, excellence, genius, innocent, level, order, pure, quasi, quasi-, rule, semi, semi-, standard, turn). (various references) | |
Korean | 동료 (Colleague, Fellow, Fellows, mate, mates, peer). (various references) | |
Manx | goll ry-cheilley (alike, go together), freayll sheshaght rish (accompany, consort), cur ry-cheilley (assemblage, assemble, clump, combine, compile, connect, connotation, consolidate, consolidation, construct, evolve, incorporate, keep together, reconcile, relate, sum, teamwork), cosoylaghey (allegorize, assimilate, compare). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kollega, forbindelse (connection, liaison, link). (various references) | |
Papiamen | djòin (come together, join, pool). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | associateay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | associado (affiliate, affiliated, combined, companion, conjoint, conjunct, consolidated, co-participant, corporate, fellow traveller, incorporate, incorporated, joint, member, partner, united). (various references) | |
Romanian | asociat (Comrade, conjunct, consociate, federate, member, partner, related), asocia (colligate, connect, couple, relate), unit (conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, conjunctively, connected, joint, uniat, uniate, United), tovarãş (brother, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, Cully, fellow, friend, helpmate, mate, member, pal, partner), societar, se uni (ally, band together, coalesce, combine, commingle, conjoin, conjugate, connect, inosculate, join, join hands, unite, weld), se asocia (associate oneself, assort, unite), membru corespondent, lega (attach, band, bend, bequeath, bind, bind up, brace, charm, coagulate, conjoin, connect, cord, couple, encircle, express, fasten, fetter, hitch, insert, interlink, interlock, join, joint, knit, knot, link, mate, pack, relate, shackle, sheave, start, tackle, tether, tie, unite), companion (companion, fellow). (various references) | |
Russian | связывать (band, band together, bind, bond, brace, catenate, colligate, concatenate, connect, coupled, edit, interconnect, interconnexion, join, joint, knit, link, linked, relate, relating, tie, tie down, tied, truss), соединяться (ally, amalgamate, coalesce, connect, couple, interlock, knit, merge, pair, reunite, unite, yoke together), соединять;ассоциировать коллега, соединять (amalgamate, band, band together, clutch, coalesce, combine, compound, conjoin, connect, couple, incorporate, inosculate, interlock, join, joint, knit, link, merge, mix, piece together, reunite, span, splice, unite, yoke together), товарищ (butty, chum, companion, compeer, comrade, cully, fellow, mate, pal, stable companion, yokefellow, yokemate), общаться (deal, hobnob, intercommunicate, intermingle, keep company with, socialize). (various references) | |
Scottish | companach (companion). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | asocirati, zamenik (assistant, deputy, fill in, lieutenant, locum tenens, nizam, stand in, standby, substitute, substitution, vicar), vezati (attach, band, bind, confine, connect, couple, knot, lace, lash, link, moor, tie), vanredan (extramural, extra-mural, part time), udružiti (affiliate, join, pool, unite), učesnik (entrant, partaker, participant, participator, partner, privy), pomoćnik (adjunct, adjuvant, aid, aide, auxiliary, call-boy, coadjutor, contributor, deputy, famulus, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, potman, subsidiary), ortak (bedfellow, buddy buddy, cohort, consort, fellow, mac, partner, yokefellow, yokemate), kolega (colleague, fellow, fellow worker). (various references) | |
Spanish | unirse (amalgamate, band together, co operate, combine, come together, confederate, interlock, join, join together, link up, lock on, merge, piece, pool, tie, unite), socio (business associate, cahoot, fellow, member, partner, sidekick). (various references) | |
Swedish | associerad (associated), associera sig, associera, ansluta sig, umgås (be a frequent visitor, be on visiting terms with, companion, consort, forgather, hobnob, keep company), para (come together, join, mate, pair, pool), kompanjon (copartner, partner), kollega (cohort, colleague, collegue, fellow), kamrat (buddy, butty, chum, companion, compeer, comrade, fellow, friend, Matey, pal), förknippa, förbunden (adherent, allied, bandaged, blindfolded, bounded, communicating, confederate, conjoint, connected, joint), förbinda (bandage, bind over, conjoin, dress, join, joint, pledge, straddle), delägare (copartner, part owner, partner, part-owner), bundsförvant (ally). (various references) | |
Turkish | arkadaş (bedfellow, brother, bud, buddy, chap, chum, companion, compeer, Comrade, consociate, familiar, feller, fellow, friend, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, pal, sidekick), arkadaş olan, arkadaşlık etmek (be friends with, companion, consort), benzetmek (assimilate, bash up, belabor, belabour, clobber, compare, do one's job for one, imitate, knock galley-west, liken, simulate, sort smb. out), öğretim üyesi (instructor, teaching staff), üye (initiate, insider, member), bağdaştırmak (accommodate, correlate, ensure harmony, reconcile), çağrıştırmak (ring the bell), bírlexmek (join, pool), ortak olmak (associate oneself, be a party to, become partners, club, club together, interest, make one, participate, partner, share in), birleşmiş (associated, consolidated, corporate, fasciated, incorporate, incorporated, joint, United), birleştirmek (aggregate, ally, amalgamate, assemble, colligate, combine, compound, confederate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, pool, put to, put together, reunite, stick together, tack, tag, unify, unite, wed to), dost (ally, bean, bedfellow, brother, Comrade, connection, connexion, crony, fellow, forthcoming, friend, lover, pal, pard), işbirliği yapmak (aline oneself with, associate oneself, cooperate, go ahead with, identify to, identify with, make common cause with, play ball), ikinci derece statüsü olan, ortak (agreed, collaborator, collective, common, conjunct, consociate, cooperator, copartner, dormant partner, fellow, identic, joint, mate, mutual, pard, partner, party, privy, shareholder, sidekick, sympathetic), ortak etmek (partner), bağlı olan (consequential). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | колега (affiliate, colleague, friend), при"днаний (adjoined, affiliate, affixed, aggregated, appendant), при"днувати (add, adjoin, affiliate, affix, aggregate), приятель (bo, buddy, bunky, chum, cobber, pal), асоціювати (connect, couple), з'"днувати (adjoin, agglutinate, aggregate, amalgamate, articulate, cement, commingle, compact, compound, concatenate, conflate, conjoin, connect, couple, cumulate, glue, inosculate, interlock, joint, knit, leash, link, merge, piece together, tag, thwack, tie in, twin, unite), не користучийся всі"ю повнотою прав, партнер (partner, playmate), об'"днуватися (alliance, ally, club, coalesce, consolidate, incorporate, solder), супровідний (accompanying, appendant, attendant, concomitant), компаньйон (affiliate, companion, pard, partner), товарищ, член-кореспондент, сполучати (compound, connect, yoke), спілкуватися (commune, communicate, company, consort, converse, intercommunicate, intermingle, mate, mingle, socialize), спільник (abettor, accomplice), співучасник (abettor, accessary, accessory, accomplice, bander, complice, confederate), об'"днаний (amalgamate, amalgamated, associated, combined, conjoint, consolidated, incorporate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật liên kết với vật khác, trợ (subsidiary), phó (assistant), phụ (accessary, accessory, assistant, auxiliary, bye, extra, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), người cùng cộng tác, kết giao, bạn đ"ng liêu, bạn (companion, comrade, mate), đ"ng minh hội viên thông tin. (various references) | |
Welsh | ymgyfeillachu, cymdeithasu, cyfeillachu, cydymaith (companion). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | addam, addant, addar, addara, addas, addat, addatur, addens, addent, addentes, addentur, addere, adderetis, adderetur, addes, addet, addetis, addetur, addi, addiderint, addiderunt, addideruntque, addidimus, addidit, addiditque, addit, additae, addite, additi, additis, addo, addunt, collega, collegam, comes, comite, comites, comitibus, comitum, conectatur, conexum, coniuncta, coniunctae, coniuncti, coniunctus, coniungantur, coniungat, coniungere, coniungeretur, coniungetis, coniungi, coniungit, coniungitis, coniungitur, coniunxerant, coniunxerunt, coniunximus, coniunxit, coniunxitque, copulabis, copulabitur, copulabuntur, copulari, copulata, copulatas, copulatus, copulavi, copulavit, sociam, socii, sociis, socio, sociorum, sociorumque, socios, socium, socius, sodalem, sodales, sodalibus, sodalis, sodalium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egraya umin en th epistolh mh sunanamignusqai pornoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Scripsi vobis in epistula ne commisceamini fornicariis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I wroot to you in a pistle, that ye be not medlid with letchours, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I wrote vnto you in a pistle that ye shuld not company with fornicatours. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I have written to you in this epistle, not to associate with persons guilty of lewdness: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Gikaingnan ko na kamo sa akong pagsulat kaninyo nga dili kamo magpakigkauban sa mga makihilawason. |
| Chinese | 我 先 前 寫 信 給 們 說 、 不 可 與 淫 亂 的 人 相 交 . |
| Croatian | Napisah vam u poslanici da se ne miješate s bludnicima - |
| Danish | Jeg skrev eder til i mit Brev, at I ikke skulle have Samkvem med utugtige, |
| Dutch | Ik heb u geschreven in den brief, dat gij u niet zoudt vermengen met de hoereerders; |
| Finnish | Minä kirjoitin teille kirjeessäni, ettette seurustelisi huorintekijäin kanssa; |
| French | Je vous ai écrit dans ma lettre de ne pas avoir des relations avec les impudiques, - |
| German | Ich habe euch geschrieben in dem Briefe, daß ihr nichts sollt zu schaffen haben mit den Hurern. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Nan lèt mwen te ekri nou an, mwen te mande pou n' pa mele ak moun k'ap viv nan imoralite. |
| Hungarian | Azt írtam néktek ama levelemben, hogy paráznákkal ne társalkodjatok. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di dalam surat saya yang lalu, saya memberitahukan kepadamu supaya jangan bergaul dengan orang cabul. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Aku sudah menyuratkan kepadamu di dalam suratku minta jangan bercampur dengan orang yang berzinah; |
| Italian | Vi ho scritto nella lettera precedente di non mescolarvi con gli impudichi. |
| Latvian | Es jums rakstîju vçstulç: Nesaejieties ar netikïiem! |
| Maori | ¶ I tuhituhi atu ahau ki a koutou i roto i te pukapuka, kia kaua e whakahoa ki nga tangata puremu: |
| Norwegian | Jeg skrev til eder i mitt brev at I ikke skulde ha omgang med horkarler - |
| Portuguese | Já por carta vos escrevi que não vos comunicásseis com os que se prostituem; |
| Rumanian | V`am scris kn epistola mea sq n`aveyi nicio legqturq cu curvarii. - |
| Russian | с ЙУБМ ЧБН Ч ПУМБОЙЙ--ОЕ УПП'ЭБФШУС У 'МХ"ОЙЛБНЙ; |
| Shuar | ¶ Nuik papin aatramajrumna nui "Tsanirma shuarjainkia iischatniuitrume" Tímiajrume. |
| Spanish | Os he escrito por carta que no os asociéis con fornicarios. |
| Swahili | Niliwaandikia katika barua yangu msishirikiane na wazinzi. |
| Swedish | Jag skrev till eder i mitt brev att I icke skullen hava något umgänge med otuktiga människor -- |
| Uma | ¶ Rala sura-ku to ri'ulu, ku'uli' -kokoi bona neo' mposigalo-raka tauna to mogau' sala'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "associate": associated, associates, associateship, associateships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "associate": disassociate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "associate": disassociated, disassociates, nonassociated, unassociated. (additional references) | |
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"Associate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ascociate, asocciate, asociate, asociats, assiocate, associa, assosciate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "associate" (pronounced usō"sēut, usō"sēā't, usō"shēut , or usō"shēā't) |
| 3 | -ē u t | appropriate, baccalaureate, chariot, Cheviot, compatriot, idiot, immediate, inappropriate, intermediate, lariat, laureate, opiate, patriot, proletariat, remediate, secretariat, soviet. |
| 4 | -s ē ā' t | enunciate, renunciate. |
| 3 | -ē ā' t | alleviate, appreciate, abbreviate, affiliate, delineate, depreciate, deviate, differentiate, emaciate, excoriate, expatriate, expiate, expropriate, foliate, glaciate, herniate, humiliate, infuriate, ingratiate, initiate, irradiate, mediate, misappropriate, nauseate, negotiate, obviate, officiate, permeate, radiate, recreate, renegotiate, repatriate, repudiate, retaliate, substantiate. |
| 3 | -ē u t | appropriate, baccalaureate, chariot, Cheviot, compatriot, idiot, immediate, inappropriate, intermediate, lariat, laureate, opiate, patriot, proletariat, remediate, secretariat, soviet. |
| 5 | -ō" sh ē ā' t | negotiate, renegotiate. |
| 4 | -sh ē ā' t | appreciate, depreciate, differentiate, emaciate, glaciate, ingratiate, initiate, officiate. |
| 3 | -ē ā' t | alleviate, abbreviate, affiliate, delineate, deviate, enunciate, excoriate, expatriate, expiate, expropriate, foliate, herniate, humiliate, infuriate, irradiate, mediate, misappropriate, nauseate, obviate, permeate, radiate, recreate, renunciate, repatriate, repudiate, retaliate, substantiate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-o-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: seacoast. | |
-2 letters: ascites, casitas, cosiest, ectasis, scotias. | |
-3 letters: ascots, casita, cassia, castes, cestas, cestoi, cestos, coasts, coatis, cosets, cosies, cosset, costae, escots, saices, scotia, siesta, stoics, tassie. | |
-4 letters: aceta, aecia, ascot, assai, asset, casas, cases, caste, casts, cates, cesta, cesti, cists, cites, coast, coati, coats, coses, coset, cosie, costa, costs, cotes, easts, escot, iotas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-o-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: apostacies, associated, associates, caseations. | |
+2 letters: aerostatics, associative, escalations, isocyanates. | |
+3 letters: cataphoresis, ceratopsians, disassociate, fantasticoes, galactosides, misallocates, scapegoatism, unassociated. | |
+4 letters: anecdotalisms, anecdotalists, aristocracies, associateship, associatively, audiocassette, bacteriostats, compassionate, deescalations, disassociated, disassociates, ectoparasites, emasculations, galactosemias, galactosidase, gynecomastias, masticatories, nonassociated, osteomalacias, reescalations, sacerdotalism, sacerdotalist, scapegoatings, scapegoatisms, scatterations, scholasticate, secobarbitals, stratocracies. | |
+5 letters: archaeologists, associateships, audiocassettes, bacteriostases, bacteriostasis, carcinomatoses, compassionated, compassionates, constabularies, dogmaticalness, encapsulations, ergastoplasmic, galactosamines, galactosidases, pantisocracies, procrastinates, sacerdotalisms, sacerdotalists, scholasticates, semiautomatics, specialisation, vasoactivities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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