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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
associate
verb /əˈsəʊʃɪeɪt, -sɪeɪt/ 
  • 1 make a conceptual connection between.
  • 2 (usu. associate with) meet or have dealings with.

    ■ (associate oneself with) allow oneself to be connected with or seen to be supportive of.

    ■ (be associated with) be involved with.

noun /əˈsəʊʃɪət, -sɪət/ 
  • 1 a partner or companion in business or at work.
  • 2 a person with limited or subordinate membership of an organization.
  • 3 chiefly Psychology a concept connected with another.
adjective /əˈsəʊʃɪət, -sɪət/ 
  • 1 connected with an organization or business.
  • 2 having shared function or membership but with a lesser status.
– derivatives
associability noun,
associable adjective,
associateship noun,
associator noun.
– origin ME: from L. associat-, associare ‘join’, from ad- ‘to’ + socius ‘sharing, allied’.



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