Definitions
1.AdjectiveJoined with another or others and having lower status."The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post."
2.AdjectiveHaving partial status or privileges."He is an associate member of the club."
3.AdjectiveFollowing or accompanying; concomitant.
4.AdjectiveConnected by habit or sympathy."associate motions"
5.NounA person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee."Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.; Associates must wash hands before returning to work"
6.NounSomebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
7.NounA companion; a comrade.
8.NounOne that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
9.NounA member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
10.NounOne of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
11.NounA casual friend, acquaintance
12.VerbTo join in or form a league, union, or association.
13.VerbTo spend time socially; keep company."She associates with her coworkers on weekends.; Before the race he associated only with other skiers."
14.VerbTo join as a partner, ally, or friend."He associated his name with many environmental causes."
15.VerbTo connect or join together; combine."particles of gold associated with other substances"
16.VerbTo connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
17.VerbTo endorse.
18.VerbTo be associative.
19.VerbTo accompany; to be in the company of.