Meaning

7 senses
  1. A 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

    партнёрpartnjór, партнёршаpartnjórša, напа́рникnapárnik

    партне́рpartnér, партне́ркаpartnérka, компаньйо́нkompanʹjón

    a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor

  2. Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.

    колле́гаkolléga

    коле́гаkoléha, колежа́нкаkoležánka

  3. A companion; a comrade.

    Weggefährte

    компаньо́нkompanʹón, това́рищtovárišč, партнёрpartnjór

    компаньйо́нkompanʹjón, компаньйо́нкаkompanʹjónka

  4. One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.

    any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another

  5. A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.

    член-корреспонде́нтčlen-korrespondént

  6. One 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).

  7. A casual friend, acquaintance

Examples

202 sentences
  1. We often associate black with death.

    Ми часто асоціюємо чорний колір зі смертю. — deniko

    ruМы часто ассоциируем черный цвет со смертью. — astarbref

    deWir verbinden die Farbe Schwarz oft mit Tod. — Wolf

  2. You shouldn't associate with men like that.

    Не треба водитися з такими людьми. — deniko

    ruТебе не стоит ассоциироваться с подобными людьми. — elisei

    deDu solltest dich nicht mit solchen Männern abgeben. — al_ex_an_der

  3. What do you associate with summer?

    ruКакие у тебя ассоциации с летом? — odexed

  4. I associate with him in business.

  5. Tom is just a business associate.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
partner:
coworker:
Русский
By meaning 3
partner:
companion; comrade:
member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
companion; comrade:

Origin

From the substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etym

From the substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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