To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.
To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances.
To connect or place together in thought.
To accompany; to keep company with.
To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate.
To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body.
Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge.
Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.
Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions.
A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
To establish a communication link; - used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.
To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; - used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.
To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.