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associate
A	noun
	1	associate degree, associate
			a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚award; accolade; honor; honour; laurels ╚academic degree; degree ╚associate degree, associate ╚Associate in Nursing; AN ╚Associate in Applied Science; AAS ╚Associate in Arts; AA
	2	associate
			any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚accompaniment; concomitant; co-occurrence ╚associate
	3	associate
			a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚peer; equal; match; compeer ╚associate ╚teammate; mate ╚shipmate ╚participant ╚member ╚colleague; co-worker; fellow worker; workfellow ╚colleague; confrere; fellow ╚collaborator; cooperator; partner; pardner ╚bedfellow ╚ally; friend ╚affiliate ╚adjunct
	4	companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
			a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚friend ╚companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate ╚tovarich ╚playmate; playfellow ╚date; escort
B	verb
	1	associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
			make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect ╚correlate ╚interrelate ╚remember
	2	consociate, associate
			bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution"
		Category Tree: join; fall in; get together ╚unite; unify ╚consociate, associate ╚walk
	3	consort, associate, affiliate, assort
			keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚consort, associate, affiliate, assort ╚company; companion; accompany; keep company ╚go steady; go out; date; see ╚ally
C	adjective
	1	associate(a)
			having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

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