associate meaning
EN
[əˈsəʊʃieɪt] [əˈsəʊsieɪt] [əˈsoʊʃieɪt] [əˈsoʊsieɪt] [əˈsəʊʃiət] [əˈsəʊsiət] [əˈsoʊʃiət] [əˈsoʊsiət] 
US US 2 US WAssociate
- Associate may refer to: A pledge
EN Associate 
- NounPLassociatesSUF-iate
- A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or 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.
- A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or colleague.
- VerbSGassociatesPRassociatingPT, PPassociated
- VI To join in or form a league, union, or association.
- VI To spend time socially; keep company.
- She associates with her coworkers on weekends.
- VT To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
- VT To connect or join together; combine.
- particles of gold associated with other substances
- VT To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
- (reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
- Mr. President, I rise to associate myself with the remarks of my senior Senator from Louisiana who has led this fight successfully for many years
- (mathematics) To be associative.
- VT OBS To accompany; to keep company with.
- VI To join in or form a league, union, or association.
- Adjective
- Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
- He is an associate editor.
- Having partial status or privileges.
- He is an associate member of the club.
- Following or accompanying; concomitant.
- (biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
- associate motions: those that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions
- Joined with another or others and having equal or nearly equal status.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Dronedarone (Multaq), a new class III antiarrhythmic agent, is a noniodinated amiodarone derivative associated with fewer adverse effects and reduced toxicity.
- It is true that [ … ] the questions of the justification of inductive inferences normally lead to further problems, associated with the phenomenon of the underdetermination of theory by experience.
- It is generally known that several indicators are associated with CKD in the clinical laboratory such as microalbumin, urine protein, and serum creatinine.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of associate in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en associated
- en associates
- en associatest
- en associateth
- en associateship
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "associate" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.