associate
noun/əˈsəʊsiət/, /əˈsəʊʃiət/
/əˈsəʊsiət/, /əˈsəʊʃiət/
- a person that you work with, do business with or spend a lot of time with
- business associates
- a close political associate of
- The company is called Landor Associates.
- He was known to be one of the convicted man’s associates.
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- (also Associate)an associate member
- Associate(US English) a person who has an Associate’s degree (= one that is given after completing two years of study at a junior college)
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘join with in a common purpose’; as an adjective in the sense ‘allied’): from Latin associat- ‘joined’, from the verb associare, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.
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